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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST IN INDIA
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Question
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Which is the oldest dam in India?
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Tehri dam
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Mettur Dam
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Kallanai dam
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Moti Talab dam
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One such engineering marvel is the Grand Anicut or Kallanai Dam built more than 2, 000 years ago by the Chola King Karikalan across the Cauvery River. About 15 kilometres from Tiruchirapalli in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu still stands the ancient structure of Kallanai dam.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest operational dam in the world, the Lake Homs Dam in Syria, was built around 1300. The masonry gravity dam is over one mile long, 23 feet high, and creates Lake Homs, which still supplies water to the people of Homs today.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bindu lies in the Indo-Bhutan border, India’s second oldest dam is situated at Bindu known as Bindu Dam.
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