Lata Songs : Lata Mangeshkar Award
The Government of Madya Pradesh instituted a national level music award, in 1984, in recognition of Lata’s extraordinary talent and her services to the field of music. The award, Lata Mangeshkar Award, consists of a certificate of merit and a cash award of Rs. One Lac. Till date this award has been conferred on such giants of music field like Naushad (1984), Kishore Kumar (1985), Jaidev (1986), Manna Dey (1987), Khayyam (1988), Asha Bhosle (1989), Bhupen Hazarika (2000), Mahendra Kapoor(2002) & Sandhya Mukherjee. Music director O. P. Nayyar was also selected to be the recipient of the Award. He, however, declined to accept it.
Lata Mangeshkar Award was also instituted by Maharashtra Government in 1992, first recipient of this award was Manik Verma for her outstanding contribution in singing.