<h2>Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket legend</h2>
<img title="Sachin Tendulkar " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-b_e.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar " width="1280" height="720" />Sachin Tendulkar
1 Gateway of India&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Atul Kamble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-c_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Atul Kamble" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Atul Kamble
2 Wankhede Stadium.
<img title="Pic/Ashish Raje" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-d_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Ashish Raje" width="1280" height="720" /> Pic/Ashish Raje
3 Shivaji Park.&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Atul Kamble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-e_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Atul Kamble" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Atul Kamble
4 Juhu Beach.&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Rane Ashish" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-f_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Rane Ashish" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Rane Ashish
5 Marine Drive. Queen&rsquo;s Necklace.&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/PTI" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-g_e.jpg" alt="Pic/PTI" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/PTI
6 Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Ashish Raje" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/mumbai-april-pict-h_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Ashish Raje" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Ashish Raje
7 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.&nbsp;
<h2>Uday Benegal, Musician&nbsp;</h2>
<img title="Uday Benegal" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-a_e.jpg" alt="Uday Benegal" width="1280" height="720" />Uday Benegal
1 Gateway of India
2 Art Deco district at Oval Maidan and Marine Drive&nbsp;
<img title="Crawford Market&nbsp;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-b_e.jpg" alt="Crawford Market&nbsp;" width="1280" height="720" />
3 Crawford Market&nbsp;
<img title="Pics/Ashish Raje&nbsp;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-c_e.jpg" alt="Pics/Ashish Raje&nbsp;" width="1280" height="720" />Pics/Ashish Raje&nbsp;
4 Haji Ali.&nbsp;
<img title="The Asiatic Library&nbsp;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-d_e.jpg" alt="The Asiatic Library&nbsp;" width="1280" height="720" />
5 The Asiatic Library&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Atul Kamble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-e_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Atul Kamble" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Atul Kamble
6 Dhobi Ghat.&nbsp;
<img title="File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Uday-Benegal-f_e.jpg" alt="File pic" width="1280" height="720" />File pic
7 Rang Bhavan.
<h2>Jerry Pinto, &nbsp;Author, poet</h2>
<img title="Jerry Pinto" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-a_e.jpg" alt="Jerry Pinto" width="1280" height="720" />Jerry Pinto
1 Holy Name Cathedral.&nbsp;
<img title="Pics/Fiona Fernandez" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-bb_e.jpg" alt="Pics/Fiona Fernandez" width="1280" height="720" />Pics/Fiona Fernandez
<img title="Pics/Fiona Fernandez" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-cc_e.jpg" alt="Pics/Fiona Fernandez" width="1280" height="720" />
The painted ceiling of The Holy Name cathedral
<img title="Ma Hajiani Dargah&nbsp;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-c_e.jpg" alt="Ma Hajiani Dargah&nbsp;" width="1280" height="720" />
2 Ma Hajiani Dargah&nbsp;
<img title="File pics" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-d_e.jpg" alt="File pics" width="1280" height="720" /> &nbsp; 3 Elephanta Caves.&nbsp;
Nataraja panel at Elephanta Caves
<img title="The trees of Rani Baug&nbsp;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-e_e.jpg" alt="The trees of Rani Baug&nbsp;" width="1280" height="720" />The trees of Rani Baug&nbsp;
4 The trees of Rani Baug&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Ashish Raje" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-f_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Ashish Raje" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Ashish Raje
5 Bhelpuri.&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Jerry-Pinto-g_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
6 Udipi restaurants.&nbsp;
7 The household helpers
<h2>Tasneem Z Mehta, Trustee, director, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum</h2>
<img title="Tasneem Z Mehta" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-a_e.jpg" alt="Tasneem Z Mehta" width="1280" height="720" />Tasneem Z Mehta
<img title="Rani Baug. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-b_e.jpg" alt="Rani Baug. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" width="1280" height="720" />
1 Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Rani Baug Botanical Gardens
<img title="Rani Baug. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-c_e.jpg" alt="Rani Baug. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" width="1280" height="720" /> Rani Baug. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
<img title="Kanheri Caves" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-d_e.jpg" alt="Kanheri Caves" width="1280" height="720" />
2 Kanheri Caves
<img title="Kanheri Caves" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-e_e.jpg" alt="Kanheri Caves" width="1280" height="720" />
<img title="Sion Fort" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-f_e.jpg" alt="Sion Fort" width="1280" height="720" />Sion Fort
3 Forts of Mumbai&nbsp;
4 Dadar Parsi Colony and other Parsi Baugs
<img title="Kala Ghoda precinct" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-g_e.jpg" alt="Kala Ghoda precinct" width="1280" height="720" />
5 Kala Ghoda precinct
6 Bandra&rsquo;s original villages
<img title="Bandra&rsquo;s original villages" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Tasneem-h_e.jpg" alt="Bandra&rsquo;s original villages" width="1280" height="720" />
7 Art Deco precinct&nbsp;
A view of the precinct
<h2>Rahul Akerkar, Chef, restaurateur&nbsp;</h2>
<img title="Rahul Akerkar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-a_e.jpg" alt="Rahul Akerkar" width="1280" height="720" />Rahul Akerkar
1 The Villages Within the City: (Parsi baugs, Khotachi Wadi, Bandra gaothans, Matunga&rsquo;s South-Indian micro-climate, Koli fishing villages)&nbsp;
<img title="Khotachi Wadi. File Pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-b_e.jpg" alt="Khotachi Wadi. File Pic" width="1280" height="720" />Khotachi Wadi. File Pic
2 The disappearing Khau Gallis
<img title="Khau Galli at Ghatkopar East. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-c_e.jpg" alt="Khau Galli at Ghatkopar East. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi" width="1280" height="720" />Khau Galli at Ghatkopar East. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
3 The Unwritten Logistics of the City: Dabbawallas&nbsp;
<img title="Pic/Atul Kamble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-e_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Atul Kamble" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Atul Kamble
4 Sassoon Dock at dawn
<img title="Sassoon Dock at dawn" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-d_e.jpg" alt="Sassoon Dock at dawn" width="1280" height="720" />
5 Banganga Tank
<img title="Pic/Shadab Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-f_e.jpg" alt="Pic/Shadab Khan" width="1280" height="720" />Pic/Shadab Khan
6 Dhobi Ghat &nbsp;
<img title="Patrons at Kyani &amp; Co. File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Rahul-Akerkar-g_e.jpg" alt="Patrons at Kyani &amp; Co. File pic" width="1280" height="720" />Patrons at Kyani &amp; Co. File pic
7 Irani caf&eacute;s
<h2>APRIL 18</h2>
In 983, at the 22nd UNESCO General Conference, April 18 was declared as the International Day for Monuments and Sites. In many countries including India, this is celebrated as World Heritage Day. The intent is to encourage local communities and individuals to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives. Information courtesy: whc.unesco.org
With inputs from Fiona Fernandez, Shriram Iyengar, Ashwin Ferro, and Phorum Pandya

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