Happy 83 rd Birthday Lata Mangeshkar Ji..September 28,2012 is great day..presenting some pictures..some songs will come later clips.. Lata Mangeshkar is the pride of Indian music industry. Blessed with beautiful voice, she is the most well known Indian vocalist. Highly versatile, she has sung in more than 20 languages. To honor and give recognition to her works, Lata Mangeshkar is also known as the Nightingale of India. Well, in this article, we will present you with the biography of Lata Mangeshkar. Early Life Lata was born on September 28, 1929 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh as the daughter of Dinanath Mangeshkar, who was a classical singer as well as a theater artist. She was the first child of the Mangeshkar family. She was born in Indore, but brought up in Maharashtra. When she was five years old, she began working as a theater artist in sangeet nataks. She also started taking singing lessons from her father. Lata sang her maiden cinematic song for the Marathi film Kiti Hasaal (1942). Her father did not like the idea of her daughter singing for the films. So, her song was deleted from the movie. In the year 1942, she lost her father. Due to sudden demise of her father and unsound financial condition of the house, she decided to play small roles in various Hindi and Marathi films. She had to take up the acting assignments, despite the fact that, she was not at all fond of acting. To know the complete life history of Lata Mangeshkar, read on. Awards Won Filmfare Awards (1958, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1993 and 1994) National Awards (1972, 1975 and 1990) Maharashtra State Award (1966 and 1967) Other awards 1969 - Padma Bhushan 1974 - Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the maximum number of songs in the world 1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award 1993 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award 1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award 1997 - Rajiv Gandhi Award 1999 - NTR Award 1999 - Padma Vibhushan 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement 2000 - Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London 2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium (female) by Hero Honda and magazine "Stardust" 2001 - Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award 2001 - Noorjehan Award 2001 - Maharashtra Ratna