The area is said to derive its name from seven bungalows owned by then country's who's who – the
Maharaja of Gwalior, the
Maharaja of Kutch,
Dadabhai Naoroji,
Sir Rustom Masani, Sorabjee Talati, Kaiki Villa, the Khambatta's and the Chinai's. 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 ==