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| name = Kitab Khana<br />
| logo = [[File:Kitab Khana logo.jpg|120px]]<br />
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| image = File:Kitab Khana Bookshop Mumbai - outer view.jpg<br />
| image_caption = The store entrance<br />
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| industry = [[Bookshop]]<br />
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| foundation = 2010<br />
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| location_city = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
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| key_people = Amrita and Samir Somaiya<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/fort-to-get-new-bookstore/story-qKqppAAfj2Obh6mtd7FZxI.html|title=Fort to get new bookstore|date=October 11, 2010|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><br />
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| owner = [[Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya|Somaiya Group]]<br />
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.kitabkhana.in/}}<br />
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'''Kitab Khana''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]; literally "home for books") is an [[independent bookshop]] that was founded in 2010 inside Somaiya Bhavan, a 150-year-old building in [[Fort, Mumbai]], India.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/how-the-book-industry-is-grappling-with-the-coronavirus-induced-lockdown/article31471466.ece|title=How the book industry is grappling with the coronavirus-induced lockdown|first=Nandana|last=James|website=@businessline}}</ref> The colonial-style structure with high ceilings and [[Corinthian columns]] often draws attention for its "old-world charm", even though the construction is recent.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/books/100617/a-bibliophiles-guide-to-the-citys-bookstores.html|title=A bibliophile's guide to the city's bookstores|first=Sadiya|last=Upade|date=June 10, 2017|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> It has been called "India's most beautiful bookshop".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VyAH3VuxZLX9NCI1wRLbCN/The-secrets-hidden-in-bookstore-shelves.html|title=The secrets hidden in book-store shelves|first=Aakar|last=Patel|date=July 27, 2013|website=Livemint}}</ref> The store is spread over two floors and has an in-house cafe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/738778/six-mumbai-bookshops-that-readers-are-learning-to-love|title=Six Mumbai bookshops that readers are learning to love|first=Chandrima|last=Pal|website=Scroll.in}}</ref> The shop has a wide collection of [[world literature]], [[Classic book|classics]], and regional [[Indian literature]] in many languages, including [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Urdu]]<ref name="auto1"/> In 2021, ''[[Financial Times]]'' included the shop in a list of "the most brilliant bookshops in the world".<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/42bb3a0f-ba18-4dc7-ae8a-570fd989cbfc</ref><br />
[[File:Kitab Khana Bookshop Mumbai - inner view right.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns inside the bookshop.]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official|https://www.kitabkhana.in/}}<br />
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[[Category:Bookstores of India]]<br />
[[Category:Retail companies established in 2010]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2010]]<br />
[[Category:2010 establishments in Maharashtra]]</div>->AlpinistG