Of Katta's and Tamancha's

Shamsher · Post by **Shamsher** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:17 pm

Hi everybody,
Was viewing a website

http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:wF ... d=40&gl=in

They have shown the list of wepons consficated in 2006 & part or 2007.

They use the term Katta & Tamancha - I thought they were one and the same thing -

Can anybody explain the difference bitween the two of them.

Regards
SS

sitar · Post by **sitar** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:37 pm

LOL

REALLY

LMAO

i never anticipated that on 'ifg we would discussing Katta and tamancha

what i think
katta is a unnumbered , illegal , local made revolver also called darra made

tamancha is a illegal local made breachloading single shot handgun
HTH

hope gurus have more info

LOL

Shamsher · Post by **Shamsher** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:03 pm

Sitar
I too found this funny, but could not resist asking LOL
Someone move this thread to the humour section please. LOL

TenX · Post by **TenX** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:47 pm

897 Kattas recovered in MP - Must be where they are made. ("Police sources say that certain pockets like Dungarpur in MP and Etawah support an illegal-firearms manufacturing industry. - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... page-1.cms)
428 Kattas recovered in Delhi - Must be the primary market.
275 Rajasthan, 57 in Haryana - Secondary markets...

Tamancha
450 in uttaranchal - production and warehouse
77 in Gujarat - Primary market
47 in UP - Secondary market

But what these exactly are, waiting for more knowledgable guys to input...

Shamsher · Post by **Shamsher** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:54 pm

ur right TenX

Maybe King Abhijeet or His Higness, Mack The Knife might throw some light on the matter.
Right now they seem to be occupied with pre-Eid celebrations I guess!!

to_saptarshi · Post by **to_saptarshi** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:09 am

What my understanding is Katta is a single shot crude pistol, usually chamberd for .38 or .303 Caliber, also known as Single Shotter (I saw some of these Katta's in CFSL during a project) No Clue about tamancha though

What surprise me, the other fireamrs category with a shocking figure of 1626 in West Bengal

dont know what they mean by Other Fireamrs which does not fall under any of these category..By any chance are they considering Air Guns too, as Firearms ????

Regards
Saptarshi

hamiclar01 · Post by **hamiclar01** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:32 am

my impression was that tamancha was hindustani for handgun, evidenced by it's frequent use in hindi literature (chah goli dagney wala tamancha). kattas were/are crude and illegal handguns ("jnkon dekhney par apney desh ke kaarigaron ki kushalta par rona aata tha....Shrilaal Shukla, in Raag Darbaari"

TenX · Post by **TenX** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:52 am

to_saptarshi";p="54790 wrote: ..By any chance are they considering Air Guns too, as Firearms ????

That will be the day

Actually, I am also curious about this classification now

There are firearms we dont know

sitar · Post by **sitar** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:30 am

in raag darbari???

TenX · Post by **TenX** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:45 am

No.. In raag Karnataka Behag

hamiclar01 · Post by **hamiclar01** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:15 pm

sitar";p="54799 wrote:in raag darbari???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raag_Darbari

if your native language is not hindi then i forgive you. fair enough if you didn't hear of this work.

on the other hand, if you are are member of the hindi speaking community, i can only click my tongue

, o tempora, o mores

TenX · Post by **TenX** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:22 pm

Matter of fact, I am no musician either, nor is Hindi my native. Just that my uncle, who gives occasional performances, who lives his life in music, wanted some help in downloading music. I helped him out (as net-savvy member of the family) and thus the comment.

BTW, if you would want to download some wonderful (and supposedly rare) collection, check out http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivk ... index.html

This Mr. Shiv Kumar has made a wonderful collection

Hats off to him...

sitar · Post by **sitar** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:57 pm

lol

10x

himi refered to novel named rag darbari

not any rag of indian classical music

BTW

thanks for a wonderfull link

shiv ji is indeed great and i am fan of his guru Ma annapoorna Devi ji

salute to great artist

YouTube · Post by **mundaire** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:00 pm

Shamsher, the best people to ask about these two terms would be the folk in Muradabad

My experience with such devices is zero, so cannot offer any comments at all

BTW, as per what I have understood from the report - "other firearms" would be those produced in the organised sector, whether in India or overseas. Some would be arms looted/ stolen from police armouries or even license holders but the majority are likely smuggled firearms...

Cheers!
Abhijeet

Shamsher · Post by **Shamsher** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:55 pm

Dear king Abhijeet

The guru does get tough subjects to teach sometimes.

I am not doing homework on this one!!

Cheers

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