Lohar Chawl

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Lohar Chawl is a commercial locality of Mumbai, India. Lohar means iron smith in Marathi.

According to Fodor's Essential India, it is a popular market with a wide range of goods for sale.[1] The locality is highly crowded with numerous wholesale outlets.[2] It is also Mumbai's largest wholesale market for electrical goods.[3]

In popular culture[edit]

Miram Batliwala in her InSight — One Woman’s Incredible Journey from Darkness to Light reminisces about her numerous visits to Lohar Chawl's wholesale stores for "lighting fixtures, door handles and locks".[4] One of Nalini Malini's work's is titled Alleyway, Lohar Chawl.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guides, Fodor's Travel (31 March 2015). Fodor's Essential India: with Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai & Kerala. Fodor's Travel. ISBN 9781101878682.
  2. ^ Sarin, Shared. Business Marketing: Concepts and Cases. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 9789339203177.
  3. ^ "Sale Of Electrical Goods Recovering After GST Bump". Bloomberg Quint. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ Batliwala, Miriam (17 December 2012). InSight: One Woman's Incredible Journey From Darkness to Light. BookBaby. ISBN 9781624885907.
  5. ^ D’Mello, Rosalyn (17 November 2017). "Nalini Malani: A female voice in art". Live Mint. Retrieved 26 November 2017.