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	He was a sibling of [[Babu Gulab Singh]], a freedom fighter of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|First Independence War of 1857]] and [[Taluqdar]] from [[Pratapgarh Estate]], [[Awadh]]. His brother [[Babu Gulab Singh]] who established a village, at present known as [[Katra Gulab Singh]], located on the bank of [[Bakulahi River]]; 30 km toward south from [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh\|Pratapgarh district]] headquarters [[Bela Pratapgarh]]. It is said that Medni Singh also participated in 1857 Revolution War against [[British Raj]] along with his brother. Possibly, he was son of Raja Chhatradhari Singh [[Somavanshi]] of [[Pratapgarh Estate\|Pratapgarh]] <ref>{{cite book \| title = The golden book of India \| author = Roper Lethbridge\| authorlink = Roper Lethbridge \| publisher = Aakar \| edition = illustrated \| year = 2005 \| isbn = 978-81-87879-54-1 \| page = 405 }}</ref> (now part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]).		He was a sibling of [[Babu Gulab Singh]], a freedom fighter of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|First Independence War of 1857]] and [[Taluqdar]] from [[Pratapgarh Estate]], [[Awadh]]. His brother [[Babu Gulab Singh]] who established a village, at present known as [[Katra Gulab Singh]], located on the bank of [[Bakulahi River]]; 30 km toward south from [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh\|Pratapgarh district]] headquarters [[Bela Pratapgarh]]. It is said that Medni Singh also participated in 1857 Revolution War against [[British Raj]] along with his brother. Possibly, he was son of Raja Chhatradhari Singh [[Somavanshi]] of [[Pratapgarh Estate\|Pratapgarh]]<ref>{{cite book \| title = The golden book of India \| author = Roper Lethbridge\| authorlink = Roper Lethbridge \| publisher = Aakar \| edition = illustrated \| year = 2005 \| isbn = 978-81-87879-54-1 \| page = 405 }}</ref> (now part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]).

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'''Kunwar Medni Singh''' (around 1857) was a member of royal family of [[Pratapgarh Estate|Pratapgarh]] of [[Oudh]], [[British India]]. He established a town near [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], at present known as [[Katra Medniganj]] after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Genealogy of Pratapgarh princely state of Oudh|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/p/pratapgarh_up.html|work=|publisher=members.iinet.net.au|accessdate=2013-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031014806/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/p/pratapgarh_up.html|archive-date=31 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He was a sibling of [[Babu Gulab Singh]], a freedom fighter of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|First Independence War of 1857]] and [[Taluqdar]] from [[Pratapgarh Estate]], [[Awadh]]. His brother [[Babu Gulab Singh]] who established a village, at present known as [[Katra Gulab Singh]], located on the bank of [[Bakulahi River]]; 30 km toward south from [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]] headquarters [[Bela Pratapgarh]]. It is said that Medni Singh also participated in 1857 Revolution War against [[British Raj]] along with his brother. Possibly, he was son of Raja Chhatradhari Singh [[Somavanshi]] of [[Pratapgarh Estate|Pratapgarh]] <ref>{{cite book | title = The golden book of India | author = Roper Lethbridge| authorlink = Roper Lethbridge | publisher = Aakar | edition = illustrated | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-81-87879-54-1 | page = 405 }}</ref> (now part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]).

== Legacy ==
[[Katra Medniganj]], a town and [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh district]] of Indian [[Uttar Pradesh]] state, is named after him.

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