Dalal Street

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Dalal Street (Hindi: dalāl path, Marathi: dalāl gallī),[1] is the metonym for the financial markets of India, the Indian financial services industry of the country as a whole, or the actual financial district itself.[2] It is located in the Financial District of Fort in Mumbai and is the address of the Bombay Stock Exchange and several other major financial institutions of the world. The Marathi word dalāl means "a broker", "a go-between".[3]

18°55′46.08″N 72°49′59.12″E / 18.9294667°N 72.8330889°E / 18.9294667; 72.8330889

The Bombay Stock Exchange on the Dalal Street

In 2008, there was a proposal to rename the street after Nagarmal Saraf, a broker who worked at the BSE for 25 years.[4]

  1. ^ James Chen. "What Is Dalal Street?". Dotdash Meredith.
  2. ^ James Chen. "What Is Dalal Street?". Dotdash Meredith.
  3. ^ McGregor, R. S. (1993). Oxford Hindi-English dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-864317-3.
  4. ^ Suryawanshi, Sudhir (3 March 2008). "Brand new threat to Dalal street". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.