Karmakar

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Bengali Hindu caste

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::summary Bengali Hindu caste ::

Karmakar () is a Bengali Hindu caste spread throughout West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. The Karmakars are traditionally blacksmiths by trade. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Kamar_blacksmith.jpg" caption="Kamar blacksmith, from a 1799 collection of etchings"] ::

History

The Karmakars used to be blacksmiths by profession. Over time, the Karmakars have produced engineering masterpieces. In 1637, Janardan Karmakar (Blacksmith) of Sylhet built the great gun of Murshidabad, the Jahan Kosha Cannon 'Destroyer of the World', which is 18 ft in length and weighs around 7 tons. Another grand cannon named Dal Madal Kaman was built by Jagannath Karmakar in 1565 for the kingdom of Mallabhum. In the late 18th century, Wiiliam Carey of serampore teamed up with Panchanan Karmakar to make Bengali wooden types.

Notables

Radhu Karmakar (1919–1993), cinematographer and film director
Prokash Karmakar (1933–2014), artist
Romuald Karmakar (b. 1965), French and German film director
Joydeep Karmakar (b. 1979), sports shooter
Prasanta Karmakar (b. 1980), swimmer
Dipa Karmakar (b. 1993), gymnast
Panchanan Karmakar (d. 1804), inventor of the Bangla Font
Tamalika Karmakar (b. 1970), actress and national award winner
Kalidas Karmakar (b. 1946), noted artist and Ekushey Padak laureate
Vidyadhar Karmakar (b.1925), actor

References

Bibliography

References

Miah, Md. Abul Hashem. (June 1991). "Cannons in the Subcontinent with a Special Reference to the Historical Cannons of Bengal". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities.
(1912). "The Land of the Rupee". Bennett, Coleman & Co..
[https://books.google.com/books?id=t1ojAQAAMAAJ District Census Handbook, West Bengal: Birbhum] India. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal, Bisweswar Ray, Superintendent, Government Printing, the University of Michigan
"Flower power resurrects Carey legacy". The Times Of India Kolkata.

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