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[[File:Lamington Road street view.jpg|right|350px|A view of Lamington Road]]
'''Lamington Road''', officially '''Dr. Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg''', named after [[Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington|Lord Lamington]], the [[Governor of Bombay]] between 1903 and 1907, is a busy thoroughfare near [[Grant Road]] station in [[South Mumbai]]. The official name of the road is rarely used. It is often called the "IT shop of Mumbai".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epson.co.in/aboutus/newscentre/epson_service.shtml |title=EPSON Express outlet opened at Lamington Road |access-date=2009-02-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105110627/http://www.epson.co.in/aboutus/newscentre/epson_service.shtml |archive-date=5 November 2008 }}</ref>

Lamington Road is famous for its wholesale and retail market<ref name="retail">{{cite web|url=https://www.lamingtonroadmarket.com|title=Maharashtra's largest electronic market|last=Balan|first=Biju|date= 10 October 2018|publisher=lamingtonroadmarket.com|access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref> in electronics goods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Retail_Outlets_Springing_Up_at_Lamington_Road/551-14441-741.html|title=Retail Outlets Springing Up at Lamington Road|last=Sudheer |first=Nancy|date=22 January 2003|publisher=ChannelTimes.com|access-date=2009-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618121820/http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Retail_Outlets_Springing_Up_at_Lamington_Road/551-14441-741.html |archive-date=2009-06-18}}</ref> Shops on the street sell computer goods, electronic items, television equipment, and wireless equipment at rates much lower than the maximum retail price as they have a high turnover.<ref name="adrian">{{cite web|url=http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=56281&cat_id=662|title=Homework Pays!|last=Viegas|first=Adrian|date=22 November 2004|publisher=Techtree.com|access-date=2009-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525070844/http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=56281&cat_id=662|archive-date=25 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> They sell not only the latest computer related items but even outdated electronic parts for radios like transistors, capacitors, cables, sound cards, TV tuners and adaptors.<ref name="mirror">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/85/20090220200902201954207992f5052ee/Lamington-Road-Techlovers-pride |title=Lamington Road: Tech-lovers pride! |last=MM online bureau |date=20 February 2009 |publisher=Mumbai Mirror.com |access-date=2009-02-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227140530/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/85/20090220200902201954207992f5052ee/Lamington-Road-Techlovers-pride |archive-date=27 February 2009 }}</ref> Lamington road is the third largest grey market in India for electronic goods and peripherals after Nehru Place in Delhi and Ritchie street in Chennai.

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== Gallery ==
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Image:Hard_drives_sold_on_Lamington_Road.jpg|Hard drives and components being sold on Lamington Road
Image:Lamington_Road_shop_signage.jpg|A typical shop signage on Lamington Road
</gallery>

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Lamington Road - Revision history

>Strickesel at 09:59, 27 March 2021