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'''Raja Hanumant Singh''' (1826-1885) was the [[Talukdar]] of [[Kalakankar]].
He was awarded the title of Raja by the King of Awadh, [[Wajid Ali Shah]] in 1849. Raja Hanumant Singh belonged to Bisen [[Rajput]] clan and were the Talukdars of Kalakankar of which Rampur was the capital for the state known as Rampur–Dharupur. This branch of the family had descended from Roop Mull, younger brother to a ruler of [[Majhauli]] in today’s Gorakhpur District. The branch moved to [[Manikpur, Pratapgarh|Manikpur]] near [[Allahabad]] till it was finally established in what came to be called Kalakankar by Raja Hanumant Singh.<ref name=aa>{{cite news |title=Lal Pratap Singh Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?2898 |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>

Raja Hanumant Singh was onr of the leaders in the Revolution of 1857 along with his son [[Lal Pratap Singh]].<ref name=wx>{{cite web |title=KALAKANKAR |url=http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html |access-date=20 January 2024 |date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908042545/http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html |archive-date=8 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Gautam |title=1857 THE UPRISING |date=2008 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2299-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5jcDQAAQBAJ&dq=Raja+Hanumant+Singh&pg=PT112 |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Sashi Bhusan |title=Theories of the Indian Mutiny (1857-59): A Study of the Views of an Eminent Historian on the Subject |date=1965 |publisher=World Press |pages=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4wfVAAAAMAAJ&q=Raja+Hanumant+Singh+KALAKANKAR |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rāya |first1=Jaya Prakāśa |title=Uttara-Madhya kshetra kī loka-saṃskr̥ti |date=1997 |publisher=Prakāśana Vibhāga, Sūcanā aura Prasāraṇa Mantrālaya, Bhārata Sarakāra |isbn=978-81-230-0496-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlEKAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4+ |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=hi}}</ref> At the behest of the [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]] of [[Awadh]], Raja Hanumant Singh raised a battalion of 1000 soldiers under the command of his eldest son, Lal Pratap Singh. This battalion, called ‘Pratap Jang’, rose to action in February 1858 when the English under [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell]] attempted to recapture [[Lucknow]]. Colin Campbell was aided by a Gurkha battalion and two Company Battalions. The three forces summoned by the Begum, including the one from Kalakankar, camped at Chande in Sultanpur district.Raja Hanumant Singh's younger brother Madhav Singh and his son [[Lal Pratap Singh]] were martyred here fighting with British East India Company's forces in Revolt of 1857.<ref name=aa/>

After the Revolt of 1857, many Taluqdars and Rajput Estate Holders who supported the revolutionists or participated in the revolt, faced punishment by the British. Their properties and assets were either seized or reduced and their social status was compromised. The British impounded many of their lands and properties and they were taxed with heavy fines. Raja Hanumant Singh, was dispossessed of his many properties by British for supporting and taking active role the Revolt of 1857.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Gautam |title=1857 THE UPRISING |year=2008 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2299-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5jcDQAAQBAJ&dq=hanumant+singh+kalakankar&pg=PT112 |access-date=5 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Raja Hanumant Singh believed a pan-India organization was necessary to correct the injustice faced by their community. So, he founded an association of [[jagirdars]] and taluqdars belonging to [[Kshatriya]] and [[Rajput]] communities in year 1857 with other [[Taluqdar]]s of [[Oudh]] and named it the ''Ram Dal.'' after [[Shri Ram]]. It was renamed ''Kshatriya Hitkarni Sabha'' in 1860. The association was formed to protect and fight for rights and interests of Rajput communities. In 1897, ''Kshatriya Mahasabha'' became the successor to the ''Kshatriya Hitkarni Sabha'', [[Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha]] came into existence on 19 Oct 1897, creating a platform to promote the cause of the [[Kshatriya]]s and [[Rajput]]s. Thus Raja Hanumant Singh is considered as original founder of the institution.<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of Social Research |date=1984 |page=76 |publisher=Council of Social and Cultural Research, Bihar. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSrlAAAAMAAJ&q=Akhil+Bharatiya+Kshatriya+Mahasabha+member+strength |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

He died in 1885 succeeded by his grandson, [[Raja Rampal Singh]] (son of Lal Pratap Singh ), who became Taluqdar of Kalakankar<ref name=wx/>

==References==
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[[Category:Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:People from Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1826 births]]
[[Category:1885 deaths]]

Hanumant Singh of Kalakankar - Revision history

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