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Saat Bangla also known as Seven Bungalows is a neighbourhood in Versova,
Last of the Seven Bungalows
/ref> Of which now only the bungalow of Chinai's built in the 1930s by Claude Batley, a British architect, for Maneklal Chunilal Chinai, a wealthy textile merchant, remains in its originality.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) operates a bus station at Seven Bungalows. Bus services connect the area with places like
Andheri
Andheri (Help:IPA/Marathi, �n̪d̪ʱeɾiË is a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Government and politics
For administrative purposes, Andheri is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes ...
, Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
.
History and etymology
The area is said to derive its name from seven bungalows owned by then country's who's who – theMaharaja of Gwalior
The Gwalior State was a List of Maratha dynasties and states,
state within the Maratha Confederacy located in Central India. It was ruled by the Scindia, House of Scindia (anglicized from Sendrak), a Hindu Maratha Confederacy, Maratha dynasty. ...
, the Maharaja of Kutch, Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917), also known as the ''"Grand Old Man of India"'' and "Unofficial Ambassador of India", was an Indian independence activist, political leader, merchant, scholar and writer. He was one of the f ...
, Sir Rustom Masani, Sorabjee Talati, Kaiki Villa, the Khambatta's and the Chinai's./ref> Of which now only the bungalow of Chinai's built in the 1930s by Claude Batley, a British architect, for Maneklal Chunilal Chinai, a wealthy textile merchant, remains in its originality.
Parks
There are two parks in the locality. The first one is the Dadabhai Navroji Garden, also known as Seven Bungalows Garden, which is maintained by theMunicipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.
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. The other is the Nana Nani Park, located opposite it.
Transport
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) operates a bus station at Seven Bungalows. Bus services connect the area with places like Andheri railway station
Andheri (station code: A (Western)/AD (Harbour)/ADH (Indian Railways)) is a passenger rail station located in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai. It serves the Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway), Western line and Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Rail ...
, and Bhayandar railway station.
The western terminal station on Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro
The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India.
While the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited is responsible for all metro rail projects being develope ...
, Versova metro station is also located at Seven Bungalows.
Seven Bungalows lies on the arterial Jayaprakash Narayan Road (JP Road) which connects it to Andheri railway station
Andheri (station code: A (Western)/AD (Harbour)/ADH (Indian Railways)) is a passenger rail station located in the Andheri suburb of Mumbai. It serves the Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway), Western line and Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Rail ...
and Versova.
References
{{reflist Suburbs of Mumbai Andheri