The Maharashtra state government said that a world-class music college will be set up in Bombay and will be named after the Mangeshkar family, Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Government Music College. It would be the first of its kind in the country.
The announcement was made when the state cultural affairs department said that the Gaan Samradni Lata Mangeshkar award would be given to Usha Mangeshkar, on the occasion of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar’s 91st birthday which fell on 28th September.