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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>

== History ==
The Karmakars used to be blacksmiths by profession. Over time, the Karmakars have produced engineering masterpieces.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} In 1637, Janardan Karmakar (Blacksmith) of Sylhet built the great gun of [[Murshidabad]], the [[Jahan Kosha Cannon]] 'Destroyer of the World', which is 18' in length and weighs around 7 tons.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q88AQAAIAAJ&q Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities, Volumes 36-38] Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 1991</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TrWS_ELC4JQC The Land of the rupee] Bennett, Coleman, 1912, the [[University of Michigan]]</ref><ref>[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</ref> Another grand cannon named [[Bir Hambir#Dal Madal Kaman .28Cannon.29|Dal Madal Kaman]] was built by Jagannath Karmakar in 1565 for the kingdom of [[Mallabhum]].{{Sfn|Dasgupta|Biswas|Mallik|2009|p=55}}In the late 18th century, [[Panchanan Karmakar]] pioneered the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] printing industry by inventing a movable type punch marked [[Bengali language|Bengali]] scripts.<ref name="Shounak Ghosal TNN">{{cite web|title=Flower power resurrects Carey legacy|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAxMi8wMi8wOSNBcjAwNDAx|website=timesofindia.com|publisher=The Times Of India Kolkata|access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

== Notables ==

* [[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 ==
* [[Vishwakarma (caste)|Vishwakarma]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Citation|last1=Dasgupta|first2=Samira|last2=Biswas|first3=Rabiranjan|last3=Mallik|first1=Gautam Kumar|title=Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur|publisher=A Mittal Publication|isbn=978-8183242943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0_o9Qj1LOEC|date=2009|page=55}}

{{Bengali Hindu people}}

[[Category:Bengali Hindu castes]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Blacksmith castes]]

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