Lal Pratap Singh

Lal Pratap Singh
Lal Pratap Singh
Born	Kalakankar, Uttar Pradesh
Died	19 February 1858 Chanda, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Allegiance	Rajkumar of Kalakankar
Relations	Raja Hanumant Pratap Singh (father), Rai Bairi Sal (grand father)

Rajkumar Lal Pratap Singh was one of the Indian independence activist of 1857 hailing from Visen Rajput dynasty of royal family of Kalakankar. He was killed during 1858 in Battle of Chanda. The Indian government has issued a postage stamp on 17 December 2009 to commemorate him.

Shaheed Lal Pratap Singh born to father Raja Hanumant Singh (1826–1885) in princely state Kalakankar of Partabgarh (now spell as Pratapgarh) near Allahabad in British India.

During the turbulent period of 1857, when Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Awadh was ousted by the East India Company and exiled to Calcutta and Begum Hazrat Mahal took over the regency of the state for her twelve-year-old son, Raja Hanumant Pratap Singh (Father of Lal Pratap Singh) was the Talukdar of Kalakankar.

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.

Their increasing indebtness led to dissatisfaction and the Talukdars sided with the Begum to reinstate the Nawab and overthrow the British stood. Their trained armies stood ready to assist Awadh at short notice.

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 English (British) under Cohn Campbell attempted to recapture Lucknow.

Cohn 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 chande in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh awaiting the signal for battle.

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