Kalakankar
Village in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Kalakankar[1] is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh.
Kalakankar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 26.12458°N 81.53279°E | |
| Country | |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pratapgarh |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | HindiAwadhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-72 |
| Website | up |
Kalakankar was a Taluqdari in British India. The famous Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant lived here.[2][3]
Kalakankar estate
Kalakankar was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh. The Taluqdari was controlled by Bisen clan of Rajputs.[4]
Rulers and other prominent members of Kalakankar estate:-
- Roop Mall
- Hom Mall
- Purandar Mall
- Gopal Mall
- Ram Mall
- Askaran Mall
- Rudra Pratap Mall
- Todar Mall
- Dharu Shah Mall
- Varlas Rai Mall
- Jai Singh
- Shyam Singh
- Maau Singh
- Kamal Singh
- Lal Balwant Singh
- Lal Verisat Singh
- Raja Hanumant Singh
- Lal Pratap Singh
- Raja Rampal Singh
- Raja Awadhesh Singh
- Kunwar Suresh Singh
- Kunwar Brajesh Singh
- Raja Dinesh Singh
- Rajkumari Ratna Singh