Kalakankar
Kalakankar is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh.
Kalakankar was a Taluqdari in British India. The famous Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant lived here.
Kalakankar estate
Kalakankar was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh. The Taluqdari was controlled by Bisen clan of Rajputs.
Rulers and other prominent members of Kalakankar estate:-
- Raja Hanumant Singh
- Lal Pratap Singh
- Raja Rampal Singh
- Raja Awadhesh Singh
- Kunwar Suresh Singh
- Kunwar Brajesh Singh
- Raja Dinesh Singh
- Rajkumari Ratna Singh
References
- ^ "Kalakankar District". mapsofindia. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh in Statistics," Kripa Shankar, APH Publishing, 1987, ISBN 9788170240716
- ^ "Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reforms, and Governance Archived 23 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine," Sudha Pai (editor), Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pearson Education India, 2007, ISBN 9788131707975
- ^ Husain, Yusra (10 May 2019). "This Pratapgarh princess befriended Stalin's daughter". The Times of India.