Burma Bazaar

Burma Bazaar is a market run by Burmese

refugees in Chennai, India. It is located at
Parrys Corner and is one of the several
unorganized or grey market shopping hubs
of Chennai. The bazaar was set up in 1969
by the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is
located just outside the Chennai Beach
railway station, in the old financial district
of the city at George Town. It is a row of
about 200 shops that line either side of the
road for about a kilometre.

History
Burma Bazaar was established by
Burmese immigrants, who were Tamil
refugees who fled Myanmar during the
early 1960s.[1][2] The government set aside
land for the Tamil refugees returning from
Burma during the 1960s. The bazaar is run
by the Burma Tamizhar Marumalarchi
Sangam, an association that has been set
up to look after the interests of the traders
since 1966.[3]
The bazaar
The bazaar extends to about a kilometre
along the Chennai Beach railway station.
There are an estimated 200 shops in the
bazaar. With several passengers coming
out of the station every few minutes, the
market appears busy all the time. It is
estimated that over 100,000 people pass
through this corridor every week.[3]

Per 2017 estimates, there are over 600

shops in the bazaar employing over 5,000
people.[4]

It had been listed as a notorious market

between 2009 and 2017 by the USTR for
selling various counterfeit goods and
pirated media and software.[5][6][7]

Movie references
Ayan, a 2009 Tamil movie, shows the
operations of selling CDs, software,
electronics, perfumes, and other goods in
great detail. A movie named Vattaram has
references as well.also references made in
Tamil movie kacheri arambam.

See also
Arabber
Bazaar
George Town
 Hawker centre (Asia) a centre where
street food is sold
Pan Bazaar
Peddler
Retail
Ritchie Street
Shopping in Chennai
Street vendor
Street food

Portals: India Economy

References
1. Venkat, Vidya (21 July 2008). "Grey
markets, but never in the red" (https://web.a
 rchive.org/web/20080724163404/http://w
ww.hindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/200807
2158440400.htm) . The Hindu. Chennai.
Archived from the original (http://www.hind
u.com/2008/07/21/stories/200807215844
0400.htm) on 24 July 2008. Retrieved
16 March 2014.

2. Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered.

Chennai: EastWest. p. 334. ISBN 978-93-
84030-28-5.

3. "Buzz hour" (https://web.archive.org/web/2

0080323163340/http://www.hinduonnet.co
m/thehindu/mp/2007/05/09/stories/20070
50950010100.htm) . The Hindu. 9 May
2007. Archived from the original on 23
March 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
4. Sanjay Vijayakumar, Sangeetha Kandavel
(29 June 2017). "Chennai's grey markets
remain fuzzy about GST" (http://www.thehi
ndu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennais-gr
ey-markets-remain-fuzzy-about-gst/article1
9166734.ece) . The Hindu. Chennai.
Retrieved 2 July 2017.

5. "2017 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious

Markets" (https://ustr.gov/sites/default/file
s/files/Press/Reports/2017%20Notorious%
20Markets%20List%201.11.18.pdf) (PDF).
Office of the United States Trade
Representative. 11 January 2018. Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/2020122319
2143/https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/fil
es/Press/Reports/2017%20Notorious%20
Markets%20List%201.11.18.pdf) (PDF)
 from the original on 23 December 2020.
Retrieved 10 January 2021.

6. "Section 3"  (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/

Special_301_Report/2009/Section_3) .
Special 301 Report – via Wikisource.

7. "Section 3"  (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/

Special_301_Report/2010/Section_3) .
Special 301 Report – via Wikisource.

External links
Burma Bazaar's `win-win' proposal for
Kollywood (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20041129183421/http://www.hindu.c
om/2004/10/15/stories/200410151442
0300.htm)
Retrieved from
"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=Burma_Bazaar&oldid=1108143016"

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