Karmakar
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Karmakar(Bengali:কর্মকার) is aBengali Hinducastespread throughoutWest Bengal,Assam,TripuraandBangladesh.The Karmakars are traditionallyblacksmithsby trade.
History
[edit]The Karmakars used to be blacksmiths by profession. Over time, the Karmakars have produced engineering masterpieces.[citation needed]In 1637, Janardan Karmakar (Blacksmith) of Sylhet built the great gun ofMurshidabad,theJahan Kosha Cannon'Destroyer of the World', which is 18' in length and weighs around 7 tons.[1][2][3]Another grand cannon namedDal Madal Kamanwas built by Jagannath Karmakar in 1565 for the kingdom ofMallabhum.[4]In the late 18th century,Panchanan Karmakarpioneered theBengaliprinting industry by inventing a movable type punch markedBengali script.[5][citation needed]
Notables
[edit]- Radhu Karmakar(1919–1993), cinematographer and film director
- Prokash Karmakar(1933–2014), artist
- Romuald Karmakar(b. 1965), French & 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities, Volumes 36-38Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 1991
- ^The Land of the rupeeBennett, Coleman, 1912, theUniversity of Michigan
- ^District Census Handbook, West Bengal: BirbhumIndia. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal, Bisweswar Ray, Superintendent, Government Printing, the University of Michigan
- ^Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009,p. 55.
- ^"Flower power resurrects Carey legacy".timesofindia.com.The Times Of India Kolkata. Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2015.Retrieved9 February2012.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dasgupta, Gautam Kumar; Biswas, Samira; Mallik, Rabiranjan (2009),Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur,A Mittal Publication, p. 55,ISBN978-8183242943
