List of awards received by Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar and Bal Thackeray at the 70th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards in 2012

This is an incomplete list of awards, honours and recognitions of Lata Mangeshkar.

Government of India Awards

• 1969 - Padma Bhushan
• 1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award
• 1999 - Padma Vibhushan
• 2001 - Bharat Ratna ^[1]
• 2008 - "One Time Award for Lifetime Achievement" honour to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India's independence ^[2][3]

Maharashtra State Film Awards

• 1966 - Best Playback Singer for Sadhi Mansa
• 1966 - Best Music Director for Sadhi Manas (Marathi) under the name 'Anandghan'
• 1977 - Best Playback Singer for Jait Re Jait
• 1997 - Maharashtra Bhushan Award^[4]
• 2001 - Maharashtra Ratna (First Recipient)

National Film Awards

Mangeshkar holds the record of being the oldest winner at the age of 61 of this award. She received her recent award in this category for the songs of film Lekin.... The jury presented her this award "for singing with outstanding expressions with the rarest and purest of styles."^[5]

• 1972 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for songs of the film Parichay^[6]
• 1974 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for songs of the film Kora Kagaz^[7]
• 1990 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for songs of the film Lekin...^[5]

Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in 1958. In 1956, the song 'Rasik Balma' from the film Chori Chori by Shankar Jaikishan won the Best Song Filmfare Award. Lata refused to sing it live in protest of absence of a Playback Singer category. The category was finally introduced in 1958. Though, separate awards for male & female singers were introduced later on. Lata Mangeshkar monopolized the best female playback singer award from 1958 to 1966. In 1969, Lata made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in order to promote fresh talent.

• 1958 - "Aaja Re Pardesi" from Madhumati
• 1962 - "Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil" from Bees Saal Baad
• 1965 - "Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja" from Khandan
• 1969 - "Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage" from Jeene Ki Raah
• 1993 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1994 - Filmfare Special Award for "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" from Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!^[8]

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

All Best Female Playback Singer

• 1964 - for Woh Kaun Thi?
• 1967 - for Milan
• 1968 - for Raja Aur Runk
• 1969 - for Saraswatichandra
• 1970 - for Do Raaste
• 1971 - for Tere Mere Sapne
• 1972 - for Pakeezah
• 1973 - for Ban Palashir Padabali(Bengali film)
• 1973 - for Abhimaan
• 1975 - for Kora Kagaz
• 1981 - for Ek Duuje Ke Liye
• 1983 - A Portrait Of Lataji
• 1985 - for Ram Teri Ganga Maili
• 1987 - for Amarsangee (Bengali film)
• 1991 - for Lekin...

Doctor of Letters

• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (2005)^[9]
• Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
• Pune University, India
• Khairagarh Music University, India^[10]
• Hyderabad University, India
• New York University.
• Baroda University.

Other awards and honours

• 1974 - Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the maximum number of songs in the world
• 1980 - Presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America
• 1980 - Honorary Citizenship of The Republic of Surinam, South America
• 1985 - June 9, declared as Asia Day in honour of her arrival in Toronto, Canada
• 1987 - Honorary Citizenship of United States in Houston, Texas
• 1990 - Raja-Lakshmi Award by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai
• 1996 - Star Screen Award for Best Playback Singer Female for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
• 1996 - Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award^[11]
• 1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1997 - Rajiv Gandhi Award^[12]
• 1998 - Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Indian Educational Society ^[13]
• 1999 - NTR National Award
• 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer Female for Dil To Pagal Hai
• 2000 - IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2000 - Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan
• 2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium (female) by Hero Honda and file magazine "Stardust".^[14]
• 2001 - Noorjehan Award (First Recipient)
• 2002 - Sahyadri Navratna Award for 'Swar Ratna' of the year.
• 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)
• 2004 - Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).^[15]
• 2005 - Legend Honour by Sahara One Sangeet Awards
• 2006 - Life Achievement Award by Merrill Lynch investment managers and Adora (India's second largest diamond exporter)^[16]
• 2007 - Forever Indian Award^[17]
• 2007 - Uttam Vaggayekar Jialal Vasant Award^[18]
• 2009 - ANR National Award
• 2010 - Knight of the Legion of Honour (French highest civilian award)
• 2010 - "Pride of India - Kala Saraswathi" Music Award.
• 2010 - Bhojpuri Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Umaria Kaili Tohre Naam
• 2010 - Big Marathi Music Award for Lifetime Achievement (Best Playback Singer)
• 2010 - GIMA Award for Lifetime Achievement.
• 2010 - GIMA Award for Best Devotional Album for "Shree Hanuman Chalisa".
• 2011 - Swarbhaskar Awards by Pune Municipal Corporation (First Recipient)
• 2011 - Sri Chanrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award.^[19]
• 2011 - Swaralaya Yesudas Legendary Award^[20]
• 2011 - Pazhassi Raja award 2011's Sangeetha Ratna Award^[21]

Year unknown

• "Avadh Samman" by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.^[22]
• "Swar Bharati" award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar
• The only Asian to have received the Platinum Disc of EMI London
• Conferred the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo ("Court Musician of the Shrine"), Tirupathi.
• Member of the Rajya Sabha

Apart from the above, Lata has received about 250 trophies and 150 gold discs.

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