The highest altitude golf course is the Yak golf course at 13,025 feet (3,970m) above sea level in Kupup, East Sikkim, India, measured on 10 October 2006. This is part of an Indian Army base and measures 6026 yards long.

The world’s highest military base belongs to India and is at a height of approximately 6,000 m (19,685 ft) on the Siachen Glacier in the state of Kashmir. Troops are regularly deployed to 6,700 m (21,981 ft) on the glacier during the on-going conflict with Pakistan over the state of Kashmir. As a result, the glacier is often refered to as the world’s highest battlefield, however this is a casual term, as the countries are not officially at war. Another high base is at 4,350 Continue reading →

The highest partnership in One-Day International matches is 331 runs by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid (both India) scored 331 runs against New Zealand in Hyderabad, India, on 8 November 1999.

By average annual rainfall, the wettest place is Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India, with 11,873 mm (467 in) of rain per annum. Meghalaya means ‘land of the clouds’. Most of the rain occurs during the monsoon season, between June and September. The second rainiest place is Cherrapunji, also in Meghalaya, with an average annual rainfall of 11,430 mm (450 in) per year, which can actually suffer drought outside the monsoon season.

The highest throw of a playing card is 16.99 m (55 ft 9 in) and was achieved by Rahul Krishnan (India) in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on 1 June 2014.

Although the budgets for Bollywood films are still far lower than those of Hollywood blockbusters, top Indian stars can still command an even higher percentage of a film´s production budget – reportedly up to 40%. As the salaries of Bollywood stars are never officially revealed, their financial success is usually ranked according to how much tax they pay each quarter. Shah Rukh Khan, star of Devdas (2002) and My Name is Khan (2010), is the number-one tax payer from Bollywood for the second quarter of Continue reading →

The largest abacus measured 6.79 m x 3.2 m (22.3 ft x 10.5 ft) and contained 83 beads. It was made by Ajit Singh (India) and unveiled in Bhopal, India, on 24 September 2011 The abacus weighs 119 kg (262.35 lbs)

India is the world’s most prolific film-making nation, with approximately 800 to 1,000 feature films being produced each year by the ‘Bollywood’ film industry based in Mumbai. This is roughly double the number of films produced by Hollywood each year. In 2009, a total of 1,288 films were produced in India, in 24 different languages. By contrast, Hollywood produced 606 feature films during 2008 – an all-time record for the American film industry.

The largest annual gathering of women is achieved by 2.5 million women in an event organised by ATTUKAL BHAGAVATHY TEMPLE TRUST in Kerala, India, on 10 March 2009. Attukal Pongala festival is a tradition of Hinduism.

The largest art competition attracted a total of 4,850,271 entrants from 6,601 schools across India in the All India Camel Colour Contest, organised by Kokuyo Camlin Limited (India), the final judging took place on 8 December 2011. The entries were divided into groups depending on the type of media used e.g. crayons, pastels, water colours etc. Judging took place at regional then national level.