Kunwar Suresh Singh hailed from the Bisen

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family of

Kalakankar Kalakankar is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. Kalakankar was a Taluqdari in British India. The famous Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant lived here. Kalakankar estate Kalakankar was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh. Th ...

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. Singh wrote the book titled ''Pant Ji Aur Kalakankar'' and ''Yadon Ke Jharokhe''. He was also active in the

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and was closely associated with

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

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He was elder brother of King

Awadhesh Pratap Singh Captain Kunwar Awadhesh Pratap Singh (born October 1888, Rampur Baghelan–died 16 June 1967, Kanpur) was an Indian politician and Indian independence activist.Kalakankar Kalakankar is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. Kalakankar was a Taluqdari in British India. The famous Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant lived here. Kalakankar estate Kalakankar was an estate (taluqdari) of Oudh. Th ...

. Suresh Singh and his brother Raja Awadhesh Singh met with

for the first time in

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and later met at Kalakankar Bhavan in

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. On 14 November 1929,

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

visited

(now in district Pratapgarh). Kunwar Suresh Singh was a close associate of

and taken active participation in Gandhi's every moment. Even Bapu wrote many letters to him for guidance in independence moment. Kunwar Suresh was married to Prakashvati; she died on 28 May 1987. He was interested in Hindi literature and art that was the only reason why he wrote some books. Suresh Singh was associated with poet

Sumitranandan Pant Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty wi ...

, lyricist

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, actor Mani Madhukar.

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