Kakori
Town
Map of Kakori CD block
Kakori Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26°53′N80°48′E / 26.88°N 80.8°E /26.88; 80.8
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Lucknow
Elevation	121 m (397 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,403
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-32

Kakori is a town and anagar panchayat inLucknow district in theIndianstate ofUttar Pradesh,^[1] 19 km North ofLucknow city centre. Kakori was a centre forUrdu poetry,literature and theQadiriyaQalandariSufi order. On 9 August 1925,Indian revolutionaries robbed a train of government funds in Kakori, an incident known as theKakori Train robbery.

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In the last days of the 11th century, Kakori was ruled by Raja Kansa ofKasmandi (Kansamdap) nearMalihabad, who was aRajpasi by caste. At that time there was a colony ofBhars here.

When Syed Salar Masood Ghazi came to Kakori fromDelhi, Raja Kansa fought with him. Kansa was defeated in this battle and this town came into the hands of the Muslims.

However, when the dominance of the Muslims decreased, once again theBhars started living here. Till the 12th century, this place was under the empire of Bharon.

In 1202,Qutbuddin Aibak sent Muhammad Bakhtyar Khilji as Hakim Sardar Lashkar. When he passed through Lakhanpur to take up the governorship of the east, he established Bakhtiyar Nagar near Kakori and left some of his Pathani companions there.

These people started calling Lakhanpur,Lucknow. Sultan Shamsuddin Altamash sent Malik Nasiruddin here to suppress the increasing power of the Bhars, who defeated the Bhars in the war and established the rule of Delhi here.

Then till the last time ofMuhammad bin Tughluq, Delhi's suzerainty remained on it. In the 13th century, King Kakor of Bharon built the fort of Kakori around which people started living.

The town has a memorial to several revolutionaries involved in theIndian independence movement who looted a train near Kakori in August 1925 in what is known as theKakori Train robbery.^[3] The village is still served byKakori railway station.

Kakori is located at26°53′N80°48′E / 26.88°N 80.8°E /26.88; 80.8.^[4] It has an average elevation of 121 metres (396 feet).

As of 2001^[update] Indiacensus,^[5] Kakori had a population of 16,731. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kakori has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 51%, and female literacy is 40%. In Kakori, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Kakori has been used as a setting for various movies, of whichJunoon (1978) andUmrao Jaan (1981) are two examples.Anwar (2007) also featured the town.

Kakori block contains the following 83 villages:^[1]

The villages in Kakori block have a total population of 152,277, in 26,735 households.^[1]

• Mohsin Kakorvi (1805–1905), Indian Urdu poet, a well known writer ofnaats during his time

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