The life & songs of Lata Mangeshkar

Did you know that Lata Mangeshkar attended school only for a day? On the very first day she started teaching songs to other children. The teacher disapproved. This ticked her off, and she stopped going to school.

As Lata Mangeshkar turns 80 on September 28, we take a look at the major milestones in her life:

- Birth Name: Hema (later renamed Lata after a female character Latika in one of her father's plays Bhaaw Bandhan)

- Nick Name: Lata di, Lata tai - Born: September 28, 1929 - Zodiac Sign: Libra

- Birth Place: Sikh Mohalla, Indore

Family

- Father: Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar (classical singer and theatre actor)

- Mother: Shudhhamati (second wife of Deenanath Mangeshkar)

- Brother: Hridayanath Mangeshkar (singer)

- Sisters: Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar

- Original surname: Hardikar (Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar in order to identify his family with his native town, Mangeshi in Goa)

- Favourite singer and Idol: K L Saigal

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