Partabgarh, is a city and nagar panchayat of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh district, part of the Allahabad Division . Allahabad division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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The original Allahabad division consisted of all the districts of t
he lower Doab, viz.:-
Etawah district
Farrukhabad district
Kanpur district
Fatehpur district
Allahabad district
Reorganisation of Allahabad district....
In 2000, when the UP state was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the district was majorly reorganised too. The Etawah, Farrukhabad and Kanpur district districts of the Allahabad division were made into a separate Kanpur division. Parts of the western areas of Allahabad district were carved out to create a tiny new district named Kaushambi. At the sametime, Pratapgarh district, that falls in Awadh, was included in the Allahabad division. The new Allahabad division consists of the following districts:
Allahabad District
Kaushambi District
Fatehpur District
Pratapgarh District......................................................................................................................
People from k***a Pratapgarh:>>>>
Raja Bajarang Bahadur Singh, the founder vice chancellor of Pant Nagar University and later the first Government of Himachal Pradesh state of India. Pandit Munishwar Datt Upadhyay (Born on August 3, 1898 - died June, 1983), Statesman, a leader in the Indian independence movement, educationist and the First Member of Parliament from Pratapgarh. Dinesh Singh (born 30 November 1925; died 30 November 1995), deputy minister in the Ministry of External Affairs and Member of Parliament
Nazish Pratapgarhi (1924–1981), a renowned Urdu poet, his primary collection of ghazals titled Naya Saaz Naya Andaz. In 1983, he received the "Ghalib Award" in recognition of his contribution to Urdu Literature. Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan (born 27 November 1907; died 18 January 2003), National Poet and professor of Allahabad University, best known for his early work Madhushala; father of Bollywood film actor Amitabh Bachchan. Raghuraj Pratap Singh (born 1969), better known as Raja Bhaiya, politician, independent member of legislative assembly and MLA of Pratapgarh district Uttar Pradesh
Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj (born 1922), Hindu Spiritual leader and Saint from Mangarh, Pratapgarh
Anupam Shyam Ojha (born 20 September 1957), film and television actor who usually plays villainous roles on international film sets in India. Rajkumari Ratna Singh (born 29 April 1959), politician from Congress Party, Member of Parliament and Ex-MP of Pratapgarh. Pramod Tiwari (born 19 January 1956), senior leader of Nationalist Congress Party
Ashok Kumar Singh (born 19 July 1961), well known Economist, International Business Consultant
Er.Deepesh Mani Tripathi (born 20 september1990),computer science engineer and social worker .
