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{{Infobox monarch | {{Infobox monarch | ||
| name = Raja Awadhesh Singh | | name = Raja Awadhesh Singh | ||
| title = The | | title = The Zamindar of Kalakankar | ||
| image = Gandhi at Kalakankar.jpg | | image = Gandhi at Kalakankar.jpg | ||
| caption = [[Mahatma Gandhi]] with ruler of [[Kalakankar]] state on 14 November 1929 | | caption = [[Mahatma Gandhi]] with ruler of [[Kalakankar]] state on 14 November 1929 | ||
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'''Raja Awadhesh Singh''' (died 1933) was [[ | '''Raja Awadhesh Singh''' (died 1933) was [[zamindar]] of [[Kalakankar]]<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 = 452 }}</ref> estate of [[Oudh]] of [[British India]], succeeded by Raja Ramesh Singh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pratapgarh pricely state of Oudh|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html|accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref> | ||
On 14 November 1929, Raja Awadhesh Singh met [[Mahatma Gandhi]] during his visit of Kalakankar.<ref>{{cite web|title='बापू' ने कालाकांकर में जलाई थी विदेशी वस्त्रों की होली|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh-9714038.html|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref> Kunwar Suresh Singh was his elder brother who was close to poet [[Sumitranandan Pant]] as well as associated with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and took active participation in Gandhi's movement. | On 14 November 1929, Raja Awadhesh Singh met [[Mahatma Gandhi]] during his visit of Kalakankar.<ref>{{cite web|title='बापू' ने कालाकांकर में जलाई थी विदेशी वस्त्रों की होली|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh-9714038.html|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref> [[Kunwar Suresh Singh]] was his elder brother who was close to poet [[Sumitranandan Pant]] as well as associated with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and took active participation in Gandhi's movement. | ||
His son Raja [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] served as minister of external affair in prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]]’s cabinet.<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 = 453 }}</ref> | His son Raja [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] served as minister of external affair in prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]]’s cabinet.<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 = 453 }}</ref> | ||
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* [[Pratapgarh Estate]] | * [[Pratapgarh Estate]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Indian Hindus]] | [[Category:Indian Hindus]] | ||
[[Category:People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]] | [[Category:People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category:Gandhians]] | |||
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