Kalakankar

Kalakankar
Village
Kalakankar Location in Uttar Pradesh, India Show map of Uttar Pradesh Kalakankar Kalakankar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°07′28″N81°31′58″E / 26.12458°N 81.53279°E / 26.12458; 81.53279
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Pratapgarh
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Hindi Awadhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-72
Website	up.gov.in

Kalakankar ^[1] 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. ^{[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:-

• 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

1. "Kalakankar District". mapsofindia. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020.
2. "Uttar Pradesh in Statistics," Kripa Shankar, APH Publishing, 1987, ISBN 9788170240716
3. "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
4. Husain, Yusra (10 May 2019). "This Pratapgarh princess befriended Stalin's daughter". The Times of India.