Lataji receiving the Bharat Ratna by President K.R.Narayan
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The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in the year 1958. In 1956, 'Rasik Balma'[CHORI-CHORI] won the Best Song Filmfare Award, Lata refused to sing it live in protest of no Playback Singer category, which paved way in 1958 of this new category ( though Male & Female Awards where started later on).
From the year 1958 to 1966 no other female singer was able to get the
filmfare award. Since she had won the popular Filmfare awards so many times
& had always been accussed of monopolising the industry (along with sister
Asha), after 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up FILMFARE awards in
favour of fresh talent.
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
1972 - Parichay - Best Female Playback Singer.
1975 - Kora Kagaz - Best
Female Playback Singer.
1990 - Lekin - Best Female Playback Singer.
1966 - Sadhi Mansa - Best Playback Singer. 1964 - Woh Kaun Thi - Best Female Playback Singer. Some of Lataji's awards include :
1969 : Padam Bhushan
1974 : Guinness Book of
World Records:for singing the maximum number 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 honour 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
1997 : Rajiv Gandhi Award.
1998 : Lux Zee Cine Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 : Padma Vibhushan
1999 : NTR Award
2000 : Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London
2000 : Jeevan
Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan 2001 : Bharat
Ratna - The Nation's Highest Civilian Award
2001: Noorjehan Award : First Reciepient
2001: Maharashtra Ratna : First Reciepient
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 Reciepient Doctor of Literature from Shivaji, Kolhapur, Pune, Khairagadh Music
University, Hyderabad University & New York University.
Lataji has received about 250 trophies and 150 gold discs
The 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). 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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1967 - Jait Re Jait - Best
Playback Singer.
Bengal Film Journalist's Association Award
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 Awards
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.
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