This video was taken when she received the Bharat Ratna award. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. In this video, you can see Lata ji being awarded the Bharat Ratna in March 2001 at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Did you know Lata Mangeshkar is only the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to receive this honour? President K.R. Narayanan had presented the award to the singer.
Watch the video here:
#WATCH Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 2001(ANI Archiv… https://t.co/dzeC0QgOdI
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A few days back, she was removed from the ventilator, as there had been an improvement in her health, though she was kept under medical observation in ICU. The singer was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital on January 8 after her diagnosis with Covid-19 and pneumonia.
Lata Mangeshkar passed away at 8:12 am on Sunday, sister Usha Mangeshkar and the doctors treating her confirmed.
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