- A
punkah, also
pankha (Urdu: پَنکھا, Hindi: पंखा, paṅkhā), is a type of fan used
since the
early 6th
century BC. The word
pankha originated from pankh...
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parents from ****stan on 14
February 1949. He is best
known for the part of
punkah wallah Rumzan in the BBC
sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, his
first role. "Babar...
- Heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) is the use of
various technologies to
control the temperature, humidity, and
purity of the air in an...
-
Stewart invented and
patented the
Punkah Louvre a
device able to
control and
direct the
supply of air as required. The
Punkah Louvre became a
device recognised...
- when
going back to the
starting position. The
design was
derived from the
punkah.
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- fixtures,
eliminating the need for
separate overhead lights in a room.
Punkah style ceiling fans are
based on the
earliest form of the fan,
which was...
- Man-Eating Tree" (1881) by Phil
Robinson (included in his book
Under the
Punkah)
describes a "man-eating tree"
found in Nubia.
Indian writer Malladi Venkata...
- party, as well as
still being the Char Wallah.
Punkah Wallah Ramzan (Barbar Bhatti)
Ramzan the
punkah wallah always sits
outside the officers' quarters...
- sala is an
informal dining room or comedor.
Prominent in this room is the
punkah, a
large rectangular Indian fan. Next to the
comedor and the
azotea is an...
-
antenna Rickshawala, a
rickshaw driver Punkawallah, the
servant who
keeps the
punkah or fan
going on hot
nights Lep wallah, a
cotton carder Kabadiwalla, a waste...
