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'''Lohar Chawl''' is a commercial locality of [[Mumbai]], India. ''Lohar'' means iron smith in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].

According to [[Fodor's|Fodor's Essential India]], it is a popular market with a wide range of goods for sales.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Spp5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT566&dq=Lohar+Chawl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlgOmXw9zXAhUI4o8KHYNlBHM4FBDoAQhIMAY#v=onepage&q=Lohar%20Chawl&f=false|title=Fodor's Essential India: with Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai & Kerala|last=Guides|first=Fodor's Travel|date=2015-03-31|publisher=Fodor's Travel|isbn=9781101878682|language=en}}</ref> The locality is highly crowded with numerous wholesale outlets.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLO9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT449&dq=Lohar+Chawl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlgOmXw9zXAhUI4o8KHYNlBHM4FBC7BQhRMAc#v=onepage&q=Lohar%20Chawl&f=false|title=Business Marketing: Concepts and Cases|last=Sarin|first=Shared|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=9789339203177|language=en}}</ref> It is also Mumbai's largest wholesale market for electrical goods.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/gst/2017/08/18/sale-of-electrical-goods-recovering-after-gst-bump|title=Sale Of Electrical Goods Recovering After GST Bump|work=Bloomberg Quint|access-date=2017-11-26|language=en}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
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".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDRfDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT168&dq=Lohar+Chawl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiintC3x9zXAhUIP48KHQPyBBE4HhC7BQg9MAQ#v=onepage&q=Lohar%20Chawl&f=false|title=InSight: One Woman's Incredible Journey From Darkness to Light|last=Batliwala|first=Miriam|date=2012-12-17|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=9781624885907|language=en}}</ref> One of [[Nalini Malani|Nalini Malini]]'s work's is titled ''Alleyway, Lohar Chawl''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/uqKaQyJGqQZKy3WPZ7cMhP/Nalini-Malani-A-female-voice-in-art.html|title=Nalini Malani: A female voice in art|last=D’Mello|first=Rosalyn|date=2017-11-17|work=Live Mint|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Retail markets in Mumbai]]

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->GrammarDamner at 18:04, 3 March 2021