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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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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 117 inbound references to Kakori, and connects out to Indian independence movement, India and Hindi.

It is catalogued under the topic Cities and towns in Lucknow district.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

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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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