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		<title>Mukbil at 15:44, 15 September 2021</title>
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		<updated>2021-09-15T15:44:47Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 15:44, 15 September 2021&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ba&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;n&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ik&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; a Hindu sub-caste, consisting mainly of traders and merchants. According to &#039;&#039;Manusanghita&#039;&#039;, the duties of the [[vaishya]], a major caste, include not only trading but also cattle breeding and tilling the soil. Baniks, however, are traders and merchants, and hence are regarded as a different Vaisya sub-caste.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Banik&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; a Hindu sub-caste, consisting mainly of traders and merchants. According to &#039;&#039;Manusanghita&#039;&#039;, the duties of the [[vaishya]], a major caste, include not only trading but also cattle breeding and tilling the soil. Baniks, however, are traders and merchants, and hence are regarded as a different Vaisya sub-caste.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;Vrhaddharma Purana &#039;&#039;and &#039;&#039;Brahmavaivarta Purana&#039;&#039; mention Suvarna Banik (goldsmiths), Gandha Banik (perfume traders), Taulik (betelnut traders), Modak (sweetmeat traders) as well as some artisan classes such as [[kumbhakar]] (potters), Kangsakar (conchshell bangle makers), Karmakar (blacksmiths) and Tantubay (weavers). Among Bengali Hindus, Gandha Banik, Suvarna Banik, [[saha]], Kundu, Karmakar, Modak are businessmen and traders. The title Saha is used by various business communities. [Hiralal Bala&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] [Bala, Hiralal  former Secretary, Government of Bangladesh&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;Vrhaddharma Purana &#039;&#039;and &#039;&#039;Brahmavaivarta Purana&#039;&#039; mention Suvarna Banik (goldsmiths), Gandha Banik (perfume traders), Taulik (betelnut traders), Modak (sweetmeat traders) as well as some artisan classes such as [[kumbhakar]] (potters), Kangsakar (conchshell bangle makers), Karmakar (blacksmiths) and Tantubay (weavers). Among Bengali Hindus, Gandha Banik, Suvarna Banik, [[saha]], Kundu, Karmakar, Modak are businessmen and traders. The title Saha is used by various business communities. [Hiralal Bala]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1: Content Updated.</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Content Updated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ba&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ik&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; a Hindu sub-caste, consisting mainly of traders and merchants. According to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manusanghita&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the duties of the [[vaishya]], a major caste, include not only trading but also cattle breeding and tilling the soil. Baniks, however, are traders and merchants, and hence are regarded as a different Vaisya sub-caste. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vrhaddharma Purana &amp;#039;&amp;#039;and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Brahmavaivarta Purana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; mention Suvarna Banik (goldsmiths), Gandha Banik (perfume traders), Taulik (betelnut traders), Modak (sweetmeat traders) as well as some artisan classes such as [[kumbhakar]] (potters), Kangsakar (conchshell bangle makers), Karmakar (blacksmiths) and Tantubay (weavers). Among Bengali Hindus, Gandha Banik, Suvarna Banik, [[saha]], Kundu, Karmakar, Modak are businessmen and traders. The title Saha is used by various business communities. [Hiralal Bala] [Bala, Hiralal  former Secretary, Government of Bangladesh]&lt;br /&gt;
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