A Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, India's Nightingale, the Singing legend turns 91 today, September 28,2020.

The Indian nightingale Lata Mangeshkar turns 91 today. The legendary singer, who has an illustrious career in playback singing, started her professional journey at the tender age of 13. She has given her voice to over 50,000 songs during her 78-year-long professional career and she holds a Guinness Book of World Records for recording maximum number of songs ever. Let’s take a look at 10 lesser-known facts about the celebrated singer.

1) Lata Mangeshkar’s mother Shevanthi was the second wife of his father Dinanath Mangeshkar. His first wife Narmada was Lata’s maternal aunt who passed away early into their marriage. After her death, Dinanath married Shevanthi in 1927.

2) The singer is the first child of her parents. She was born in 1929 and has four siblings namely Meena, Asha Bhosle, Usha and Hridaynath.

3) Her father, Dinanath was an actor in theatre and a classical singer. This exposed her to the art of music at a tender age.

4) Lata was named Hema at the time of her birth but later, her name was changed to Lata after the name of a character Latika in a play of her father named Bhaaw Bandhan.

5) While her singing talent is known to everyone, Lata also acted in one of the plays of her father when she was a five-year-old.

6) Although Lata spent most of her adult life in Mumbai, she was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and spent 16 years of her life in the city.

7) Lata recorded her first song in the year 1942 for the Marathi film 'Kiti Hasaal' but it never got released as it was dropped from the final cut.

8) The leading female playback singer also composed music for some of the Marathi films under the pseudonym 'Anandghan'.

9) Lata’s patriotic song 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' moved the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to tears on January 27, 1963, at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi. The song was dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1962 war.

10) The singer considers music director Ghulam Haider as her Godfather because as per Lata, Ghulam showed complete faith in Lata’s talent.

The iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar is celebrting her 91st birthday today. Lata didi Mangeshkar is likely the only Indian singer who is the most loved and accepted artist across generations. She has become a legend over the years, after giving her voice to many songs.

In fact, Lata Mangeshkar has become an icon of excellence due to talent. Due to her lovely voice and all that she achieved through it, Lata Mangeshkar received various pet names, including 'Nightingale of Bollywood'.

But do you know the history behind her getting the title of 'nightingale of Bollywood'? Here's what you need to know...Lata Mangeshkar is nothing less than legendary, given her history. She has crooned over 50,000 songs in 14 languages so far, and still continues to sing. Lata Mangeshkar is also called Queen Of Melody, Voice Of the Nation, and Voice of The Millenium.

Our generation is really fortunate that we could hear Lata Didi's songs in so many types of genres right from Natya Sangeet (theatrical music), Film Music, Devotional Songs, Patriotic Songs, Sad songs, romantic songs, happy mood songs, emotional songs, bhajans, ghazals, lavni songs and so many other types of songs for over 7 decades and we are blessed to be present when Lata Didi continues to give us music lovers her best gift of songs that would last for generations to come. Stay Blessed Lata Didi, out humble respects to your musical grandeur and art form you continued to worship is par excellence. #kishoreshintre #possessedbywritingspirit