Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Twitter
Maharashtra cabinet has decided to name the proposed international music college in Mumbai after legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died recently, a state minister said.
The proposed institution will be known as Bharat Ratna Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar International Music College, said Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant.
Mangeshkar (92) who enthralled millions with her divine voice for almost eight decades, died on Sunday at a Mumbai hospital following multi-organ failure.
“One-and-a-half years ago, my department had decided to set up Master Deenanath Mangeshkar International Music College on a land in Kalina, which belongs to Mumbai University. A committee was set up, of which Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Lata Mangeshkar’s brother) was made the chairman, while Usha Mangeshkar (her sister), Adinath Mangeshkar, Zakir Hussain, A R Rahman, Suresh Wadkar and several other personalities were its members. A survey was also done under Lata didi,” Samant told a press conference at the Savitribai Phule Pune University in Mumbai.
