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|birth_place = [[Kalakankar]], Uttar Pradesh, India
|death_place = Chanda, [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh]], India
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'''Lal Pratap Singh''' was a member of the Bisen [[Rajput]] dynasty of [[Kalakankar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mahotsav |first=Amrit |title=Lal Pratap Singh |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?2898 |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Writer |date=2021-10-08 |title=Freedom fighters and rebellions from Uttar Pradesh (UP) |url=https://thestoryindia.com/2021/10/08/freedom-fighters-and-rebellions-from-uttar-pradesh-up/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=TheStoryIndia.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He was prominent leader in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=H.R. Nevill |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08574 |title=Pratapgarh: a Gazetteers being volume XIVII of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh |date=1904 |publisher=Allahabad, Superintendent Government Press |pages=93}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He was killed during the 1858 Battle of Chanda.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kwoAAAAYAAJ&q=Chanda&pg=PA479 |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire |date=1893 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=453 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yadav |first=Hridai Ram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JSQ4ZkCS64C&q=lal+pratap+sing+kalakankar&pg=PA13 |title=Village Development Planning |date=2009 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7268-187-6 |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Government of India]] issued a [[postage stamp]] on 17 December 2009 to commemorate him.<ref>{{cite web|url=
|title=Stamps 2009
|website=India Post |publisher=Department of Posts
|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=5 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
== Early life ==
▲Shaheed Lal Pratap Singh born to father Raja Hanumant Singh (1826–1885) in the [[princely state]] [[Kalakankar]] of Partabgarh (now spelt [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]) near [[Allahabad]] in the [[Bengal Presidency]] of [[Colonial India]] during [[Company rule in India|Company rule]].
== Revolt of 1857 ==
During the turbulent period of 1857 [[Wajid Ali Shah]], ruler of [[Awadh]], was ousted by the [[East India Company]] and exiled to [[Calcutta]]. [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]] took over the regency of the
During these time Hanumant Pratap Singh (father of Lal Pratap Singh) was the [[Talukdar]] of [[Kalakankar]].<ref name=":0" />
The [[East India Company]] had enforced a system of taxation called "[[Mahalwari]]", which involved constantly increasing revenue demands with consequences disastrous to the landlords and farmers.▼
▲The [[East India Company]] had enforced a system of taxation called "[[Mahalwari]]", which involved constantly increasing revenue demands with consequences disastrous to the landlords and farmers.<ref name=":0" />
Their increasing indebtness led to dissatisfaction and the Talukdars sided with the Begum to reinstate the Nawab and overthrow the British. Their trained armies stood ready to assist [[Awadh]] at short notice.▼
▲Their increasing indebtness led to dissatisfaction and the Talukdars sided with the Begum to reinstate the Nawab and overthrow the British. Their trained armies stood ready to assist [[Awadh]] at short notice.<ref name=":0" />
== Pratap Jang ==
At the behest of the Begum, Hanumant Singh raised a battalion of 1000 soldiers under the command of his eldest son Lal Pratap Singh. This battalion, called "Pratap Jang" rose to action in February 1858 when the British under [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde]] and [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] attempted the [[Capture of Lucknow]].<ref name=":0" />▼
Lord Campbell was aided by a [[Gurkha]] battalion and two Company battalions. The three forces summoned by the Begum, including the one from [[Kalakankar]] camped at Chanda in [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] awaiting the signal for battle.<ref name=":0" />▼
▲At the behest of the Begum, Hanumant Singh raised a battalion of 1000 soldiers under the command of his eldest son Lal Pratap Singh. This battalion, called "Pratap Jang" rose to action in February 1858 when the British under [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde]] and [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] attempted the [[Capture of Lucknow]].
On 19 February 1858, as the 'Pratap Jang' contingent sat down to breakfast, the army of [[East India Company]] attacked them. The soldiers of the 'Pratap Jang' picked up whatever weapon came to hand and pitched into the battle until ammunition ran out. Reinforcements were cut off by the Company troops and scattered remnants of other forces of the Talukdars had been forced to retreat.<ref name=":0" />▼
▲Lord Campbell was aided by a [[Gurkha]] battalion and two Company battalions. The three forces summoned by the Begum, including the one from [[Kalakankar]] camped at Chanda in [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] awaiting the signal for battle.
▲On 19 February 1858, as the 'Pratap Jang' contingent sat down to breakfast, the army of [[East India Company]] attacked them. The soldiers of the 'Pratap Jang' picked up whatever weapon came to hand and pitched into the battle until ammunition ran out. Reinforcements were cut off by the Company troops and scattered remnants of other forces of the Talukdars had been forced to retreat.
== Killed by British ==
Lal Pratap Singh was advised to withdraw so that he could fight another day but the young warrior Lal Pratap led his troop into the final battle, of which the result was inevitable. many Indian soldiers and warriors died that day, among them was Lal Pratap Singh for whom a glorious death was preferable to the shame of cowardice. The humiliation inflicted on his body by the company troop commanders could not decimate the glory of great warrior Lal Pratap Singh. His untimely death devastated his father Hanumant Singh.<ref name=":0" />
He left behind
Lal Pratap Singh, a loving son with a kind and generous nature, led a disciplined life, a life that has inspired his future generations to fight the good fight.<ref name=":0" />
== Commemoration ==
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== Further reading ==
* "Dictionary of National Biography" ; SEN, S.P. (ed); Calcutta, 1972; Institute of Historical Studies ; Vol.4 p. 223
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