Question

Expain the three features of chawls in bombay

Answer 1

(i) Chawls were multi storeyed structure had been built from atleast the l860s in the native parts of the town.
(ii) Like the tenements in London, these houses were largely owned by private landlords, such as merchants, bankers, and building contractors, looking for quick ways of earning money from anxious migrants.
(iii) Each chawl was divided into smaller one- room tenements which had no private toiler.....