Pune: The Maharashtra cabinet chose to name Mumbai’s proposed international music college after legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away recently, a minister said here on Wednesday.
Bharat Ratna Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar International Music College will be the name of the proposed institution, Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said.
“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 was quoted as saying by news agency PTI in a press conference at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) here.
“But unfortunately Lata didi passed away. During our meeting with her family members, they proposed that the college name should be changed to Bharat Ratna Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar as Deenanath Mangeshkar was her father and guru. So a decision was taken in the cabinet meeting that the international institution for music in Mumbai will be named after Lata didi and it will be set up on the land of the higher and technical education department,” Samant added.
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