Lata Mangeshkar was indeed a legend. She had a decorous career of about 7 decades and in this, she has recorded almost 50,000 songs in about 40 languages. She passed away at the age of 92. The singer was in the ICU of Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital and was undergoing treatment for coronavirus and pneumonia. But in this long span of her life, have you heard of her love story?
Her most spoken about link-up
Reports emerged that Lata Mangeshkar likes Raj Singh Dungarpur. Raj was a cricketer and has played first-class cricket for team India and later went on to become the President of BCCI. Raj also liked Lata but their destiny had different plans for them.
Raj Singh Dungarpur belonged to the Royal Family of Rajasthan and Lata was a commoner. When Raj spoke about the same to his father, Maharawal Lakshman Singhji, he rejected the idea as Lata did not belong to a royal family. This marked the end of their love story.
The duo never got married to anyone, both Raj and Lata. Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away in 2009 due to his prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lata passed away on Feb 06, 2022. According to reports, Lata Mangeshkar got her name ‘Mithoo’ as Raj used to call her by this name.
Know how Raj turned to Lata for help when the Indian cricket team won the 1983 and BCCI had no money to celebrate. Click on the link below.
