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...

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an...

parents from Pakistan 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...

when going back to the starting position. The design was derived from the punkah. Kearny fallout meter Nuclear War Survival Skills (ISBN 0-942487-01-X) Kearny...

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...

since prehistory. Large human-powered fans built into buildings include the punkah. The 2nd-century Chinese inventor Ding Huan of the Han dynasty invented...

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...

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...

party, as well as still being the Char Wallah. Punkah Wallah Ramzan (Barbar Bhatti) Ramzan the punkah wallah always sits outside the officers' quarters...

dhoby and sepoy, ghary and tamasha, durbar and bukshish, Kachcheri and Punkah, but has contributed to it words like jungle, bazar, [and] loot. {{cite...

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...

temple (pictured). The idol is covered in sequins and cloth. Two small punkahs (fans) of the same materials are seen suspended over the Idol from the...

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...

History Today. 69 (9): 54–63. ISSN 0018-2753. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Punkah" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press...

measurement, one pace, approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) Pankha, Hindu for the punkah, a type of fan Alternative spelling for the Panika, community of India Panka...

Puertita – "small cut door that is part of the puerta" Pugon – Clay oven Punkah – Ceiling cloth fan Sala mayor – Main living room, a place for late-afternoon...

out with cane furniture and a tea table. The main hall was cooled by a punkah (which is still in use today) and was operated by an Aboriginal servant...

with many suspects to choose from. Also starring Derek Martin. Note: This was the final episode in which Babar Bhatti starred as Punkah Wallah Rumzan....

replaced, Plantations Restaurant received a colonial-themed makeover, and punkahs (mechanical fans) were added to the upstairs retail area. During 1994 Sunshines...

and Pakistani descent; according to the BBC Babar Bhatti  – actor; played Punkah Wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Badi Uzzaman  – television...

such as River City and Doctors Babar Bhatti – actor known for the part of Punkah Wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum Jamil Dehlavi – London-based...

Hayward, Tyler & Co of London. Engines for pumping water and working Punkahs c1876-1883. Hayward-Tyler & Co of London. Domestic water supply (Rider's...

an office, butler's pantry and dining room in the rear that features a punkah. Upstairs are the family bedrooms. The north wing houses a guest bedroom...

mansion and its slave quarters include painted floor cloths, mahogany, a punkah, a set of Rococo Revival parlor furniture, a set of Gothic Revival dining...

rebuilding in 1906. The 18-feet mahogany bar top dates back to the late 1890s. "Punkah" ceiling fans that hung on the roof dates back to the 1910s, only being...

in a forest area in Chittagong to live in. He managed to get a job as a punkah wallah at the Chittagong Judge Court, and preferred a simple lifestyle without...

particularly saving many lives in munitions factories. Another invention was the punkah louvre ventilator, which found application in both naval and mercantile...

and recounted the story of a drunk British soldier who shoots a sleeping punkah wallah and is hanged for his crime.: 89  "Carmody, William". Royal Leicestershire...

Zechariah Oriel's Note book. (1873) In my Indian Garden (1878) Under the Punkah (1881) Noah's Ark, or Mornings at the Zoo (1881) Under the Sun (1882) The...

India for grant of exclusive privileges for his invention — "An Efficient Punkah Pulling Machine". On 2 September, DePenning, submitted the Specifications...