One of the largest cloth wholesale markets in the country.
Mumbai was built on cotton. The mills that gave the city its shape are mostly gone, but the trade they created remains — the cloth markets at Kalbadevi, the branded apparel companies headquartered here, and the powerloom and warehousing belt at Bhiwandi that feeds them.
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Hindmata and Dadar
Donear, founded in 1977 by the Agarwal family and headquartered at Donear House, Mahim, makes suiting and shirting fabric at Surat and Bhilad and owns the brands Donear, Grado and, since 2020, OCM and Mayur; it is listed
Mulji Jetha Market
Narandas Rajaram, founded in 1894, is one of the oldest cloth merchants of Mulji Jetha Market, the wholesale cloth market of Kalbadevi built in 1870s by the merchant Mulji Jetha; the firm was agent for the mills and deal
Mulji Jetha Market
Ghella Dayal & Co., in Mulji Jetha Market since 1850, is among the oldest cloth firms of the city, dealing in mulls and grey cotton cloth by the bale.
Mulji Jetha Market
Vallabhdas Madhavji & Co.
Mulji Jetha Market
Ruchita Textile in Krishna Raj Gali, Mulji Jetha Market, has wholesaled fabrics since 1997.
| Name | What | |
|---|---|---|
| Narandas Rajaram & Co. | Cloth merchants | About ↗ Explore ↗ |
| Govindji Thakersey halls | Market section | About ↗ Explore ↗ |
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