Gen Singh
Gen Singh was a land lord of Paralkot (Modern Pakhanjur). In ancient India Paralkot was a independent state. when the kanker and Bastar state were under control of British and Marathas at the same time the local abysmal Aboojhmarias felt that their culture may be destroyed due to presence of British and Marathas. So these local persons gathered under leadership of Gen Singh. Because they wanted to take revenge from those foreigners. They started to gather in paralkot for revolution. After that they elected their leader Gen Singh. First they fought against Marathas and British in Paralkot. They started to murder of Marathas and British one by one. their aim was to establish independent Bastar. Then an English caption Mr. Agnue ordered to abolishment of this revolution and in end they got success on 12 January. Gen Singh was arrested and hanged till death on 20 January1825.
Ram Prasad Potai
Ram Prasad Potai was a Great person of Kanker. He dedicated his each and every part of life to the region and humanity. He was famous for his leadership quality and for bringing social awareness. He was born in 1920 in a wealthy family. His childhood name was Pharso. He got his primary education from Kanhar and Kanker. He went to Nagpur for graduation. In 1944 hee passed the L.L.B. examination.. He was the first tribe of the region who became had passed the L.L.B. In his student life he was a very good athlete in high jump and race. he won the hundred of medals in sports. after being advocate he inspired to new generation fro studies. He used his income for the study of poor students. He always supports them financially. In 1944 he met thakur Pyare Lal Singh a great leader of Chhattisgarh. Then he participated in politics. in 1945 Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru elected him as a member of constitution preparation committee. In 1950 he became a member of parliament. In 1962 he won the election of M.L.A. as a independent candidate from bhanupratappur. He had very good knowledge of Hindi and English. He was affected by the notion of Carl Marks. He always opposed to British policy. He was expired in October 1962.
Bhanu Pratap Dev
In 1925 the king of kanker Komal Dev was expired. He had no son so his nephew Bhanu Dev became the king at that time his age was only 3 years, 3 months and 21 days. He was born on 17 September 1922. His father was a land lord in Ranchi, Bihar. Due to little age of Bhanu dev, the British commissioner appointed Raghuveer Prasad Srivastava as a minister of Kanker for adminstration. Raghuveer Prasad yadav was a very good administrative person. He sent Bhanu Pratap dev to Raipur for education. He was a first king of kanker, who got his education systematically. He passed B. A. and I. C. S. from Meyo college Ajmer and went to England for higher studies. He was very good sportsman. Tennis and Football were his favorite games. In 1944 he got married with Amulya Prabha devi, princess of Sonpur state, Orrisa. After six moths of his marriage he got full administrative power. He had good administration qualities. He elected M. L. A. two times from 1952 to 1957 and 1962 to 1967 in free India. He established a new town named Bhanupratappur. He got constructed a talkies in Kanker for the entertainment of Kanker. He made arrangement of buses for passengers from kanker to Bhanupratappur and Sambalpur. He got established a degree college in kanker in 1962. He donated a lot of furnitures and books to this college. On 14 August 1969 the last king of kanker state was died.
Pandit Vishnu Prasad sharma
Pandit Vishnu Prasad Sharma is also another great man of kanker. He was born at kanker on 24 October 1923. He got his primary education at Kanker and Jagdalpur. He became graduate from Raipur. He elected as a co secretary, secretary, and vice president respectively of student union, Chhattisgarh university, Raipur. During his student life he came in touch a lot of revolutionists like Sudhir Mukharjee, Ramsahay Tiwari and Dr. soor etc. So he started to take interest in politics. He participated "Bharat Chhoro Aandolan" in 1942. He gathered the students against British. In 1944 he became a member of Indian national Congress. In 1950 he became a advocate from Bilaspur. He had been the president of Nagar Palika kanker from 1952 to 1957. He had been also president district cooperative bank, Raipur. He was elected president of lot of education committees like Danteshwari College Jagdalpur, Gramya Bharti college, kanker and Bastar education committee. he was also elected the president of advocate union Kanker three times. He was honored as a Law-Man by advocate union kanker. He is very much affected by the notions of Mahatma Gandhi. He is a very good spokesman. Now he is living in kanker with his family.
