Lata Mangeshkar Death Anniversary: Rare, Iconic PICS Of The 'Queen Of Melody'

Lata Mangeshkar received her first music lesson from her father. On December 16, 1941, with the blessings of both of her parents, she sang two songs in the studio for the first time for Radio. (Image Source: Twitter/@mangeshkarlata)

Lata Mangeshkar, the great vocalist, collaborated with artists from all over the country during the course of her seven-decade career. While she was bringing Yash Chopra's films to life, legendary performer Meena Kumari danced to her music, and South Indian megastar Sivaji Ganesan referred to her as his sister. (Image Source: twitter/ @mangeshkarlata)

Lata Mangeshkar worked extensively with S.D Burman, a musical genius, over her long and successful career. They collaborated on several projects, generating all-time hits from the 1940s until 1971. Lata Mangeshkar once stated, quoting an event, Burman dada was very fond of me. He made a special kheer which he shared with no one except me. He would say, ‘As long as there’s ‘Lota’—that’s what he called me—I’ve nothing to worry about. (Image Source: twitter/@mangeshkarlata)

Jawaharlal Nehru was once moved to tears by Lata Mangeshkar's song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon. Lata was told after the occasion that Nehru wanted to speak with her. At first, I was apprehensive, thinking I'd made a mistake.  But when I saw Panditji (Nehru), I saw tears in his eyes.''  Lata Mangeshkar had recalled. (Image courtesy of Twitter/@mangeshkarlata)

Padma Sachdev, a distinguished writer, poet, and composer, was Lata Mangeshkar's dearest friend. She treated Lata like family and had requested her concerts in America. Lata had also performed some Dogri songs penned by Padma. (Image Source: twitter/ @mangeshkarlata)

The veteran singer shared a special bond with Bollywood stalwarts from Dilip Kumar to Dharmendra and others. (Image source: Instagram/ @latamangeshkar).

Mangeshkar has three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, and many more to her credit. (Image source: Instagram/ @latamangeshkar).