Other Awards and Honours
- 1974 - Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the maximum number of songs in the world
- 1980 - Presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America
- 1980 - Honorary Citizenship of The Republic of Surinam, South America
- 1985 - June 9, declared as Asia Day in honour of her arrival in Toronto, Canada
- 1987 - Honorary Citizenship of USA in Houston, Texas
- 1990 - Raja-Lakshmi Award by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai
- 1996 - Star Screen Award for Best Playback Singer Female for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
- 1996 - Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
- 1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1997 - Rajiv Gandhi Award
- 1998 - Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Indian Educational Society
- 1999 - NTR National Award
- 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer Female for Dil To Pagal Hai
- 2000 - IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2000 - Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan
- 2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium (female) by Hero Honda and file magazine "Stardust".
- 2001 - Noorjehan Award (First Recipient)
- 2002 - Sahyadri Navratna Award for 'Swar Ratna' of the year.
- 2002 - Felicitation By CII (For Contribution to Music & the Film Industry)
- 2002 - Hakim Khan Sur Award (For National Integration by Maharana Mewar Foundation)
- 2002 - Asha Bhosle Award (First Recipient)
- 2004 - Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
- 2005 - Legend Honour by Sahara One Sangeet Awards
- 2006 - Life Achievement Award by Merrill Lynch investment managers and Adora (India's second largest diamond exporter)
- 2007 - Forever Indian Award
- 2007 - Uttam Vaggayekar Jialal Vasant Award
- 2009 - ANR National Award
- 2010 - Knight of the Legion of Honour (French highest civilian award)
- 2010 - "Pride of India - Kala Saraswathi" Music Award.
- 2010 - Bhojpuri Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Umaria Kaili Tohre Naam
- 2010 - Big Marathi Music Award for Lifetime Achievement (Best Playback Singer)
- 2010 - GIMA Award for Lifetime Achievement.
- 2010 - GIMA Award for Best Devotional Album for "Shree Hanuman Chalisa".
- 2011 - Swarbhaskar Awards by Pune Municipal Corporation (First Recipient)
- 2011 - Sri Chanrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award.
- 2011 - Swaralaya Yesudas Legendary Award
- 2011 - Pazhassi Raja award 2011's Sangeetha Ratna Award
- Year unknown
- "Avadh Samman" by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- "Swar Bharati" award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar
- The only Asian to have received the Platinum Disc of EMI London
- Conferred the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo ("Court Musician of the Shrine"), Tirupathi.
- Member of the Rajya Sabha
Apart from the above, Lata has received about 250 trophies and 150 gold discs.
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