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The fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades which act on ... The 
punkah fan was used in India about 500 BCE. ... There are three main types of 
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... [DOC] [TLE] Punkah - Wikipedia [PAR] A punkah (Hindi: , pangkh) is a type of fan used since the early 500 B.C.
. The word ... are still used by millions when ceiling fans stop working during 
frequent power outages. ... The electric fan largely supplanted it in barracks and 
other large buildings at the ... Modern punkah fans at a hotel in Abu Dhabi (UAE)
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Servants, known as punkah wallahs, pulled a rope connected to the frame to 
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In seventeenth century India, this style of fan was called a punkah. ... Typically, 
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milestone. ... A similar type of fan was the 'punkah' that originated in the early 
17th century ... frame hung from the ceiling that moved when a servant pulled a 
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electric fan. The punkhawallah was the servant who worked it, often using a... [DOC] [TLE] Maddy's Ramblings: Fans and Punkhas [PAR] Jul 8, 2012 ... The hand fan called Punkhti in N India and Vishari in Kerala, was thus at ... Yes, 
the poor had hand fans, of course, so many different types, made .... There is a 
certain class of servants, known as pankhd-wattahs (punka-fellows), who work ... 
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..... A punkah is a type of ceiling fan used in the Indian subcontinent before the 
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Question: Servants worked the Indian punkah, a ceiling type of this; modern bladed types use electricity
Answer: Fans