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Kakori

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Kakori is a town and a nagar panchayat in Lucknow district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 19 km North of Lucknow city centre. Kakori was a centre for Urdu poetry, literature and the Qadiriya Qalandari Sufi order. On 9 August 1925, Indian revolutionaries robbed a train of government funds in Kakori, an incident known as the Kakori Train robbery.

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Place details

Locality
Kakori
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Country
India
Population
18,332
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kakori
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_map
Kakori block map.png
Settlement.map_caption
Map of Kakori CD block
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Lucknow
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
121
Settlement.population_total
19403
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
9.047
Elevation
121
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Dialing code
5217
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postal code
227107
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Kakori conspiracy
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Popular culture
  • Villages
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References

Kakori is a town and a nagar panchayat in Lucknow district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 19 km North of Lucknow city centre. Kakori was a centre for Urdu poetry, literature and the Qadiriya Qalandari Sufi order. On 9 August 1925, Indian revolutionaries robbed a train of government funds in Kakori, an incident known as the Kakori Train robbery.

== History == Source:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kakori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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