Raja Rampal Singh | |||||
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Raja of Kalakankar | |||||
Reign | 1885–1909 | ||||
Predecessor | Raja Hanwant Singh | ||||
Successor | Raja Ramesh Singh | ||||
Born | Rampur Dharupur, Kalakankar, Oudh, British India | 22 August 1849||||
Died | 28 February 1909 | ||||
Spouse | Subhag Kunwar Princess Alice (an English lady) Rani Radha (a muslim girl) | ||||
Issue | Ramesh Singh | ||||
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Father | Lal Pratap Singh | ||||
Mother | Princess Diggach Kunwari | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Raja Rampal Singh (22 August 1849 – 28 February 1909) was a ruler of Kalakankar estate of Oudh (Now in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh) from 1885 to 1909.[1] Rampal Singh was a Congress sympathizer. He was one of the founding member of Indian National Congress Party. In consequence, Mahatma Gandhi and other congress leader used to visit him quite frequently. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya had very intimate relations with Raja of Kalakankar. The Raja Saheb of Kalakankar had started a Hindi weekly, Hindusthan, in 1883 to spread the message of freedom.
His father Lal Pratap Singh, was a revolutionary during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and was killed in the Battle of Chanda.[2]