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 sales. [1] The locality is highly crowded with numerous wholesale outlets. [2] It is also Mumbai's largest wholesale market for electrical goods. [3]

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]

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