Why did Lata Mangeshkar change her name? Know 7 unheard aspects of his life

Last updated:February 06, 2025, 12:03 IST

Lata Mangeshkar, who is called ‘Swara Empress’ even though not among the people today, everyone still remembers them and she will always be immortal in the minds of the people. Lata Mangeshkar ji has sung all the songs and people …Read more

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New Delhi. Lata Mangeshkar, who is known by names like ‘Swar Empress’, ‘Bubble Hind’ and ‘Kokila’, will always be in our hearts. Millions of people have joined his voice and their songs still resonate in the hearts of people. Although Lata Mangeshkar died on 6 February 2022, but her voice will remain immortal. Today on his third death anniversary, we are sharing some interesting and untold things related to his life with you.

Lata Mangeshkar’s real name was Hema, but she kept her name inspired by ‘Latika’, the character of a famous drama. This name was taken in the name of a character of the drama ‘Bhav Bandhan’, who was a theater actor and classical singer, a theater actor and classical singer.

Start at the age of five years

Lata Mangeshkar was introduced to music in childhood. Due to his father’s classical singing and being associated with theater, Lata got music from a very young age. He started singing only at the age of five. Once he cured the disturbances in the raga sung by his father’s disciple, which made his father realize that his daughter could become a great singer in his daughter.

The first song is never live

Lata Mangeshkar started her career in 1938, when she performed publicly at the Nutan Theater in Sholapur at the age of nine. In 1942, he recorded his first song for the Marathi film ‘Kiti Hasal’, but the song was removed from the film’s last cut.

Lata Mangeshkar said that she never listened to her songs, because she always saw some flaws in her songs.

Nehru also cried on Lata’s song

The patriotic song ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke people’ sung by Lata Mangeshkar had also made Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru emotional. The song was dedicated to the soldiers who were martyred in the 1962 war and when it was sung at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on 27 January 1963, Prime Minister Nehru had tears in his eyes.

Lata Mangeshkar’s record

Lata Mangeshkar made her mark on the international stage as the first Indian artist by performing live in Royal Albert Hall. This was his first international performance and this proved to be an important milestone of his magnificent career.

Lata Mangeshkar’s name was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, as she recorded around 25,000 songs. In the 1974 Guinness Book, he was listed as the most recording artist. However, this claim also became the cause of some controversies, especially when Mohammad Rafi objected to this.