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National Awards:

Year: 1972
Best Female Playback Singer
Film: Parichay

Year: 1975
Best Female Playback Singer
Kora Kagaz

Year: 1990
Best Female Playback Singer
Lekin

Year: 1997
Rajiv Gandhi Award.

Year: 1999
Padma Vibhushan

Year:2001
Bharat Ratna
The Nation's Highest Civilian Award

 

Filmfare Awards

1958 - Aaja Re Pardesi [MADHUMATI]
1962 - Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil [BEES SAAL BAAD]
1965 - Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja [KHANDAAN]
1969 - Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage [JEENE KI RAAH]


1993 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1993 : Filmfare felicitated by the Maharashra Government
1994 : Filmfare Special Award ( Didi Tera Devar Deewana -HAHK)

Maharashtra State Award

1966 - Sadhi Mansa - Best Playback Singer.
1967 - Jait Re Jait - Best Playback Singer.

Bengal Film Journalist's Association Award

1964 - Woh Kaun Thi - Best Female Playback Singer.
1967 - Milan - Best Female Playback Singer.
1968 - Raja Aur Rank - Best Female Playback Singer.
1969 - Saraswati Chandra - Best Female Playback Singer.
1970 - Do Raaste - Best Female Playback Singer.
1971 - Tere Mere Sapne - Best Female Playback Singer.
1973 - Marjina Abdulla (Bengali) - Best Female Playback Singer.
1973 - Abhimaan - Best Female Playback Singer.
1975 - Kora Kagaz - Best Female Playback Singer.
1981 - Ek Duje Ke Liye - Best Female Playback Singer.
1985 - Ram Teri Ganga Maili - Best Female Playback Singer.

Other Famous Award
1969 : Padam Bhushan

1974 : Guinness Book of World Records, for singing the maximum number of songs in the world
1980 : Was presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America

1980 : Honorary Citizenship. The Republic of Suriname, South America

1985 : 9th June declared as Asia Day in honor of her arrival in Toronto, Canada

1987 : Honorary Citizenship of the U.S.A, Houston, Texas, U.S.A

1989 : Dada Saheb Phalke Award

1990 : Honorary Doctorate (Literature) By Pune University

1996 : Videocon Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

1998 : Lux Zee Cine Lifetime Achievement Award

1999 : NTR Award

2000 : Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London

2000 : Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan

2001: Noorjehan Award : First Recipient

2001: Maharashtra Ratna : First Recipient

2002: Felicitation By CII ( For Contribution to Music & the Film Industry)

2002: Hakim Khan Sur Award ( For National Integration by Maharana Mewar Foundation)

2002: Asha Bhosle Award : First Recipient


She also got Doctorate in Literature from Shivaji, Kolhapur, Pune, Khairagadh Music University, Hyderabad University & New York University.

Lataji is only Asian to have received the Platinum Disc of EMI London

Swar Bharati award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar. In Tirupati, the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo(Court Musician of the Shrine). She has also been the member of the Rajya Sabha


Lata Mangeshkar Award
The Government of Madya Pradesh instituted a national level music award, in 1984, in recognition of Lata's extraordinary talent and her services to the field of music. The award, Lata Mangeshkar Award, consists of a certificate of merit and a cash award of Rs. One Lac. Till date this award has been conferred on such giants of music field like Naushad [1984], Kishore Kumar [1985], Jaidev [1986], Manna Dey [1987], Khayyam [1988], Asha Bhosle [1989], Bhupen Hazarika [2000], Mahendra Kapoor[2002] & Sandhya Mukherjee. Music director O. P. Nayyar was also selected to be the recipient of the Award. He, however, declined to accept it on the ground that he would have preferred to accept an award named after a music director for a music director teaches a singer the nuances of music, not the vice versa.
Lata Mangeshkar Award was also instituted by Maharashtra Government in 1992, first recipient of this award was Manik Verma for her outstanding contribution in singing.

 
 
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