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[[File:Takhat Vilas wall, Mehrangarh Fort Palace.jpg|thumb|210px|A ''Punkha'' with cord, Takhat Vilas, [[Mehrangarh Fort]] Palace, [[Jodhpur]].]]<br />
In India, a '''punkah wallah''' or '''punkahwallah''' ({{lang-hi|पङ्खावाला}}, {{transl|hi|''paṅkhāvālā''}}) is a manual [[Fan (implement)|fan]] operator.<ref>{{cite web|title=punkahwallah|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punkahwallah|website=Wiktionary|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> A [[punkah]] is a type of ceiling fan used in the Indian subcontinent before the electric fan.<ref>{{cite news |first=Adrian |last=Bridge |date=20 March 2018 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/rail-journeys/india-most-beautiful-train-journeys/|title=Michael Portillo discovers India's most beautiful train journeys|publisher=[[Daily Telegraph]] }}</ref> The punkhawallah was the servant who worked it, often using a pulley system. The word ''pankha'' originated from ''pankh'', the wings of a bird which produce a draft when flapped.<br />
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In modern use, a person selling, repairing or making fans, both handheld and electric, would also be known colloquially as a punkha wala, since the term means ''fan guy'' or ''the guy with the fans''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Punkah]]<br />
*[[Coolie]]<br />
*[[Wallah (disambiguation)]]<br />
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