Lamington Road Explained

18.9628°N 72.8179°W

Lamington Road, officially Dr. Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg, named after 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".^[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maximum retail price as they have a high turnover.^[4] They sell not only the latest computer related items but even outdated electronic parts for radios like transistors, capacitors, cables, sound cards, TV tuners and adaptors.^[5] Lamington road is the third largest grey market in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 a notorious market between 2009 and 2013 by the USTR for selling counterfeit software, media and goods.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: EPSON Express outlet opened at Lamington Road . 2009-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081105110627/http://www.epson.co.in/aboutus/newscentre/epson_service.shtml . 5 November 2008 .
2. Web site: Maharashtra's largest electronic market. Balan. Biju. 10 October 2018. lamingtonroadmarket.com. 2018-10-18.
3. Web site: Retail Outlets Springing Up at Lamington Road. Sudheer . Nancy. 22 January 2003. ChannelTimes.com. 2009-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090618121820/http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Retail_Outlets_Springing_Up_at_Lamington_Road/551-14441-741.html . 2009-06-18.
4. Web site: Homework Pays!. Viegas. Adrian. 22 November 2004. Techtree.com. 2009-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525070844/http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=56281&cat_id=662. 25 May 2011. dead.
5. Web site: Lamington Road: Tech-lovers pride! . MM online bureau . 20 February 2009 . Mumbai Mirror.com . 2009-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227140530/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/85/20090220200902201954207992f5052ee/Lamington-Road-Techlovers-pride . 27 February 2009 .
6. Section 3. Special 301 Report/2009. Special 301 Report.
7. Section 3. Special 301 Report/2010. Special 301 Report.
8. Web site: February 12, 2014 . 2013 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024183042/https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/FINAL-PUBLISHED%202013_Notorious_Markets_List-02122014.pdf . October 24, 2020 . January 10, 2021 . Office of the United States Trade Representative.