Kakori was a centre for Urdu poetry, literature and the Qadiriya Qalandari Sufi order.

Source:[2] In the last days of the 11th century, Kakori was ruled by Raja Kansa of Kasmandi (Kansamdap) near Malihabad, who was a Rajpasi by caste.

When Syed Salar Masood Ghazi came to Kakori from Delhi, Raja Kansa fought with him.

When he passed through Lakhanpur to take up the governorship of the east, he established Bakhtiyar Nagar near Kakori and left some of his Pathani companions there.

In the 13th century, King Kakor of Bharon built the fort of Kakori around which people started living.