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'''Karmakar''' ({{lang-bn|কর্মকার}}) is a [[Bengali Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] spread throughout [[West Bengal]]. The Karmakars are traditionally [[blacksmith]]s by trade.They are one of the fourth castes belonging to Bengalis of West Bengal .<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Hitesranjan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezzuAAAAIAAJ&q=gandhabanik|title=Social Mobility in Bengal|date=1981|publisher=Papyrus|pages=115|language=en}}</ref> They are recognized as [[Upper Higher Class]] and also [[Forward Caste]] (General) by the [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anagrasarkalyan {{!}} Backward Classes Welfare Department|url=http://anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/Bcw/ex_page/17|access-date=2021-11-16|website=anagrasarkalyan.gov.in}}</ref>
'''Karmakar''' ({{lang-bn|কর্মকার}}) is a [[Bengali Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] spread throughout [[West Bengal]]. The Karmakars are traditionally [[blacksmith]]s by trade.They are one of the fourth castes belonging to Bengalis of West Bengal .<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Hitesranjan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezzuAAAAIAAJ&q=gandhabanik|title=Social Mobility in Bengal|date=1981|publisher=Papyrus|pages=115|language=en}}


== History ==
== History ==

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Karmakar (Bengali: কর্মকার) is a Bengali Hindu caste spread throughout West Bengal. The Karmakars are traditionally blacksmiths by trade.They are one of the fourth castes belonging to Bengalis of West Bengal .Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag[1][2] Another grand cannon named Dal Madal Kaman was built by Jagannath Karmakar in 1565 for the kingdom of Mallabhum.[3]In the late 18th century, Panchanan Karmakar pioneered the Bengali printing industry by inventing a movable type punch marked Bengali scripts.[4][citation needed]

Notables

See also

References

  1. The Land of the rupee Bennett, Coleman, 1912, the University of Michigan
  2. District Census Handbook, West Bengal: Birbhum India. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal, Bisweswar Ray, Superintendent, Government Printing, the University of Michigan
  3. Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009, p. 55.
  4. "Flower power resurrects Carey legacy". timesofindia.com. The Times Of India Kolkata. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

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