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This article lists the World Records and National Records achieved by individual, groups, business or institutions from India.

Geography

 * World's highest rainfall annually: Mawsynram, Meghalaya 11873 mm

Aviation

 * Largest air rescue operation: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Jammu and Kashmir September 2014
 * Largest passenger terminal: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai 2014
 * India's tallest air traffic control tower: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport 2014

Rail

 * India's largest employer: Indian Railways
 * World's longest platform: Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh

Road

 * Tata Nano driven on longest journey: 8046 km
 * The most expensive Indian luxury car: Morris Street
 * India's largest two wheel manufacturer: Hero Motocorp
 * World's best selling small car: Maruti Alto
 * World's first masterpiece luxury car manufacturing Corp: Hradyesh
 * World's cheapest small car: Tata Nano

Water

 * First indigenous aircraft carrier: INS Vikrant 2013

Business

 * First postal ATM: Chennai 2014
 * Largest micro financier: Bandhan Bank
 * Largest manufacturer of Hosiery: Rupa and company

Movies

 * India is the world's largest film production country with nearly 1200 film releases annually.
 * Highest box office collection: PK 2014
 * Highest paid Bollywood movie actor: Salman Khan 2014
 * Highest paid Bollywood movie actress: Katrina Kaif 2014
 * Most film appearances in the shortest time: Jagathy Sreekumar (more than 1500)
 * Most film appearances in career: Sukumari (more than 2000)
 * Most film appearances in a language: Jagathy Sreekumar (more than 1500) in Malayalam
 * Most film produced in a same year: In 2005, Telugu film industry produced a record 268 films.

Music

 * National anthem recital at highest point: Vikram Kumar at Mount Chamser Kangri, Ladakh 6,622 m above sea level.
 * World's most recorded artist in history: Asha Bhosle has sung 12,000 songs
 * World's most prolific music director: Ilaiyaraaja composed nearly 9,000 songs in 1,119 films
 * Most songs recorded in a single day: Kumar Sanu (28 songs)

Buildings

 * World's first granite temple: Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
 * World's Most Visited Holy Place in the World at Tirupathi Venkateshwara Temple, Tirupathi

Financial

 * World record for highest number (180,96130) of new bank accounts opened in August 2014.
 * World's largest number of post office.

Sports

 * World's highest cricket ground: Chail Himachal Pradesh 2444 above sea level.
 * Highest cricket centuries in international cricket: Sachin Tendulkar
 * Most fours in ODI: Sachin Tendulkar
 * Most fours in Test: Sachin Tendulkar
 * Most centuries in ODI-49: Sachin Tendulkar
 * Most centuries in Test-51: Sachin Tendulkar
 * Most sixes in an inning: Rohit Sharma 2013 Bangalore
 * Highest score in odi: 264 by Rohit Sharma at Eden Gardens
 * Most double centuries in an ODI: Rohit Sharma
 * Farthest distance limbo skating under car: Shreeya Rakesh Deshpande 48.21 m
 * 100-year-old marathon runner: Fauja Singh
 * World record by swimming in the Antarctic Ocean: Bhakti Sharma 1.4 miles in 52 minutes.
 * World's youngest chess champion: Tania Shachdev (girls U-8) 1993, 1994
 * Largest tug of war tournament: Bharuch, Gujarat, on 11-12 January 2016.

Political

 * World's largest democratic country
 * Most political parties contest: 464 in 2014 general elections
 * World's largest democratic elections: 16th Lok Sabha 2014 had 84.41 crore voters

Others

 * World's biggest biometric database (over 700 million)
 * World's largest ruby owner: Rajiv Golcha 21,955 gms
 * World's largest bread /roti: 63.99 kg Jalaram Temple
 * One of the most expensive wedding in the world: Vanisha Mittal, daughter of Lakshmi Mittal 2004
 * World's longest moustache: Ram Singh Chauhan 4.29 m
 * Richest Indian: Mukesh Ambani