Lamington Road
18°57′46″N72°49′05″E/ 18.9628378°N 72.8179252°E
Lamington Road,officiallyDr. Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg,named afterLord Lamington,theGovernor of Bombaybetween 1903 and 1907, is a busy thoroughfare nearGrant Roadstation inSouth Mumbai.The official name of the road is rarely used. It is often called the "IT shop of Mumbai".[1]
Lamington Road is famous for its wholesale and retail market[2]in electronics goods.[3]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the maximum retail price as they have a high turnover.[4]They sell not only the latest computer related items but even outdated electronic parts for radios like transistors, capacitors, cables, sound cards, TV tuners and adaptors.[5]Lamington road is the third largest grey market in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.
It had been listed as anotorious marketbetween 2009 and 2013 by theUSTRfor selling counterfeit software, media and goods.[6][7][8]
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Hard drives and components being sold on Lamington Road -
A typical shop signage on Lamington Road
References
[edit]- ^"EPSON Express outlet opened at Lamington Road".Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2008.Retrieved25 February2009.
- ^Balan, Biju (10 October 2018)."Maharashtra's largest electronic market".lamingtonroadmarket.com.Retrieved18 October2018.
- ^Sudheer, Nancy (22 January 2003)."Retail Outlets Springing Up at Lamington Road".ChannelTimes.com. Archived fromthe originalon 18 June 2009.Retrieved25 February2009.
- ^Viegas, Adrian (22 November 2004)."Homework Pays!".Techtree.com. Archived fromthe originalon 25 May 2011.Retrieved25 February2009.
- ^MM online bureau (20 February 2009)."Lamington Road: Tech-lovers pride!".Mumbai Mirror.com. Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2009.Retrieved25 February2009.
- ^.Special 301 Report– viaWikisource.
- ^.Special 301 Report– viaWikisource.
- ^"2013 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets"(PDF).Office of the United States Trade Representative.12 February 2014.Archived(PDF)from the original on 24 October 2020.Retrieved10 January2021.
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