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Kakori (
Hindi:काकोड़ी,
Urdu:
کارکوردي) is a town and a
nagar panchayat in
Lucknow district in the
Indian
state of
Uttar Pradesh. It is situated 14
km north of
Lucknow. More widely known for its
Kebabs,
Zardozi work and
Dasheri mangoes, Kakori is also the centre of once flourishing
Urdu poetry,
Literature and
Qadiriya Qalandari Sufi Order.
Kakori is famous for producing hundreds of civil servants in British India who served all over the country. It was the leading town in
Oudh along with
Rudauli and
Mahmoodabad that supplemented the culture of Lucknow. Kakori is also the main abode of two branches of
Hashemites clan of the
Quraish Tribe, namely
Alavi and
Abbasi since fifteenth Century. The Alavi (often spelt as Alvi) branch claim their lineage to
Ali, the fourth
Caliph and prophet
Mohammed's cousin and his son in-law. However, this branch claim their lineage to Ali through his son
Muhammad bin Hanafiyah, with his wife Khaula Al-Hanifiyah. The Alavi of Kakori also referred as Moulvizadigan (Moulvis) or Makhdoomzadigan (Makhdooms) depending whether they're descendant of Mulla Abu Bakr Jami Alavi, who settled in Kakori in 1460 or descendant of Qari Amir Saifuddin Alavi, who settled in Kakori in 1552. The Abbasi branch claims their lineage to Al-Abbas, an uncle of the prophet Muhammad. The Abbasi of Kakori also referred as Qazizadigan (Qazi's), indicating that they're the descendants of Qazi Shaikh
Klan (elder or Senior) Abbasi, who settled in Kakori after his appointment as the first Qazi of Kakori by the Royal Court of Delhi in 1490. Kakori is famous for its mangoes,
kebabs, palatial houses of Muslim gentry of Oudh and numerous mosques. The town is the seat of the Qadiria Qalandaria Sufi order and the
Urs attracts thousands every year. The greatest poet of 'naat' genre of Urdu poetry
Mohsin Kakorvi, his son Noorul Hasan Nayyier, the compilerof Nurul Lughaat, one of the authentic Urdu Dictionary to date and the satirist Ghulam Ahmed Alavi
Furqat Kakorvi all belonged to this town.
It is also known for the
Kakori train robbery. On
August 9 1925 several revolutionaries including Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Roshan Singh, Gajodhar Singh, Rajendra Lahri, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Manmathnath Gupta, etc. stopped a train near the town and looted the government treasury traveling in it. A memorial to the revolutionaries is located in the town.
A
crater on
Mars is named after the town.
Geography
Kakori is located at . It has an average elevation of 121
metres (396
feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India
census, 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.
Trivia
Kakori is one of the Indian towns which has a
Martian crater named after it. The other cities/towns are
Amet,
Bhor,
Broach, Poona (
Pune),
Rayadurg,
Sandila and Wer
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