f seven decades, she has recorded more than 10000 songs in Hindi & sung for 36 regional languages other than Marathi. Written by : Yogesh Gogwekar A ddress : Mahim, Mumbai Website : https://yogeshgogwekar.blogspot.com/ Today is the birthday of great Singer who has been awarded with Bharat Ratna in 2001 by Indian Government and she is nothing but Lata Mangeshkar who has turned 92. Her birth name was Hema but her parents changed her name and renamed as Lata after female character, Latika in one of her father's play "Bhaav Bandhan " and world started knowing her as Lata Mangeshkar. Born on 28.09.1929 in Princess state Indore under British India, Lata Mangeshkar started her career in 1942 by recording her first Marathi song " Naacha Ya Gade, Khelu Sam mani Hous Baan" for film Kiti Hasal and music composed by Sadashiv Narvekar and after that over the span o She took her first music lesson from her father & for Hindusthani classical mus...