Kakori is a town and a

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in the

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, 14 km north of

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

. Kakori was a centre

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and the

Qadiriya The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

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. On 9 August 1925

n revolutionaries robbed a train of government funds in Kakori, an incident known as Kakori train robbery or the Kakori Train Action.

Kakori Train Action

The town has a memorial to several revolutionaries involved in the

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who looted a train near Kakori in August 1925 in what is known as the Kakori Train Action.

Geography

Kakori is located at . It has an average elevation of 121 metres (396 feet).

Demographics

India

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, 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.

Popular culture

Kakori has been used as a setting for various movies, of which '' Junoon'' (1978) and '' Umrao Jaan'' (1981) are two examples. '' Anwar'' (2007) also featured the town.

Villages

Kakori block contains the following 83 villages: The villages in Kakori block have a total population of 152,277, in 26,735 households.

Notable people

Mohsin Kakorvi Muhsin (also spelled Mohsen, Mohsin, Mehsin, or Muhsen, ar, محسن) is a masculine Arabic given name. The first person known to have the name "Muhsin" was Muhsin bin Ali, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad. Islamic term ...

(1805–1905), Indian Urdu poet, a well known writer of naats during his time

References

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