On Sunday, February 6th, Lata Mangeshkar, the nightingale of India, took her last breath at the age of 92 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Sunday. She was admitted to the hospital in January due to Covid-19 and pneumonia.
The daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and Shevanti Mangeshkar, Lata belongs to a musical family. Her father is a well-known Marathi musician and theater artist. She was initially tutored by her father and later appeared in several of his plays as a child artist.
Lata Mangeshkar recorded her first Hindi song “Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu” for the Marathi feature Gajaabhaau released in 1943. Later, she continued to work with some of the most popular names in the Hindi music industry, including Anil Biswas, Shankar Jaikishan, Naushad Ali, and SD Burman.
She has sung songs in Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Nepali, and other regional languages. She has won the Dadasaheb Falk Award, the Bharat Ratna Award, the Padma Vibhushan Award, and the Padma Bhushan Award, as well as several national and film awards.