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Dhobi Ghat

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Dhobi Ghat

Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundry in Mumbai, India. It was constructed in 1890. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to wash clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. The phrase dhobi ghat is used all over India to refer to any place where many washers are present. Inspired by

the Mumbai Dhobi Ghat (then Bombay), the British built Dhobi Ghat in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1902 and there are other dhobi ghat places elsewhere in southern Asia.

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