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A Tarkhan at work, by Kehar Singh, circa mid-19th century. The Ramgarhia are a community of Sikhs from the Punjab region of northwestern India, encompassing members of the Lohar (blacksmiths) and Tarkhan (carpenters) subgroups. [1]
Portrait of three unidentified Tarkhan carpenters from Lahore with tools, ca.1862–72. The Tarkhan is a caste found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. They are traditionally carpenters by occupation. [1] The Hindu members of this clan are generally identified as Khatis, Suthars or Lohars following the Vishwakarma community of India. [2]
The infusion will raise the pension fund's status to more than 60% funded, up from 34.3% funded as of 2022, according to Tom Lutz, president of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and ...
The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...
It's so much money that it's colloquially referred to as "the Super Duper Fund." Ohio is sitting on $700 million in cash thanks to a federal funding tsunami during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, often simply the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), [2] was formed in 1881 by Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert. It has become one of the largest trade unions in the United States , and through chapters, and locals , there is international cooperation that poises the ...
The carpenters who found themselves in the New World based their work on their traditions but adapted to new materials, climate, and mix of cultures. Immigrants to America were from all parts of the world so the history of American carpentry is very diverse and complex, but it is only four or five centuries old, a fraction of the history of ...
Alfred Kelley (November 7, 1789—December 2, 1859) was a banker, canal builder, lawyer, railroad executive, and state legislator in the state of Ohio in the United States. He is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent commercial, financial, and political Ohioans of the first half of the 19th century.