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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhobitalao
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| settlement_type = neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Mumbai 03-2016 64 Dhobi Talao Chowk.jpg
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| image_caption = Parsi Hospital at Dhobitalao
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.9433|N|72.8286|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Mumbai City
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Mumbai
| subdivision_type4 = Zone
| subdivision_name4 = 1
| subdivision_type5 = Ward
| subdivision_name5 = A and C
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| governing_body = MCGM
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 11
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 400 002
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Mumbai South
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Dhobitalao''' (धोबीतलाव, "Washerman's Lake") is a neighborhood in the city of [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay) in [[India]]. Located in the [[South Mumbai]] area at an elevation of 11 m (31 ft), it used to be a location where linen was washed. In British times, [[dhobi]]s used to wash the British soldiers clothes' here. It was filled up in the mid-17th century as the city began to expand. The lake used to be fed by a number of underground freshwater springs, which were recently uncovered while constructing the subway in the locality.

A [[public library]] stands over the land that was the lake. Just off the current site, is the famous [[Metro Adlabs]] (formerly Metro Cinema).

[[File:Cowasjee-Framjee-Hall.jpg|thumb|The Framjee Cowasjee hall is built over the Framjee Cowasjee tank]]
The north-eastern part of Dhobitalao is called [[Cavel]], from the [[Koli people|Koli]] name ''Kolwar''. The [[Kolis]] of this village were converted to [[Christianity]] by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in the 16th century. Cavel became a Christian enclave, and later immigrants of this religion, from [[Goa]], [[Daman, Daman and Diu|Daman]], [[Vasai|Bassein]] and [[Salsette]] settled here.

==Institutions==
* [[Metro Adlabs]]
* [[St. Xavier's College, Bombay|St Xavier's College]]
* [[St. Xavier's High School, Fort]]
* [[GT Hospital]]
* [[ESIS Hospital]]

==References==
* [http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/dhobi-talao.html Dhobitalao]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]

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>Lennart97 at 17:36, 27 January 2021