Lata Mangeshkar Award

The Lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music. Various state governments of India present awards with this name. The state Government of Madhya Pradesh started this award in 1984. The award consists of a certificate of merit and a cash prize. There is also a Lata Mangeshkar Award issued by the Government of Maharashtra starting from 1992. This is also officially known as "Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement". Another award is given by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Recipients

The recipients of the Lata Mangeshkar Award are as follows:

Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan

The Mangeshkar family and the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan charitable trust decided to institute the award 2022 onwards, in the honour and memory of Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away in February 2022 following multiple organ failure. Then she was 92.

Government of Madhya Pradesh

• O. P. Nayyar was selected for the award in 2007, but refused to accept.

Government of Maharashtra

The award presented by the Maharashtra government, the Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement, consisted of cash reward of ₹5,00,000, a citation, a trophy and a shawl.

Government of Andhra Pradesh

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