Question

What were chawls ? Who lived in them

Answer 1

Hey Mate,
Here is your answer


The chawls (from marathi chawls) is an name for a type of residential building found in northern part of India. Typically, housing units in chawls are availed of by relatively poor but gainfully employed working - classes families.


Hope it helps..........

Answer 2

A type of residential building found in northern part of India are known/named as Chawls. The persons who came for earning money, doing a menial jobs or poor person lived in them.