________ was conferred with 'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur', France's highest civilian award, in 2009.

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Correct Answer Lata Mangeshkar

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Lata Mangeshkar, the renowned Indian playback singer, was awarded the 'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur' in 2009 for her outstanding contribution to music and culture.
The award is one of the highest civilian honors conferred by the French government.
Lata Mangeshkar was the first Indian musician to receive this prestigious recognition.

Lata Mangeshkar

Hema Mangeshkar, better known as Lata Mangeshkar was born on 28 September, 1929.
She is one of the most versatile singers in the Indian film industry and an occassional composer of music.
She is regarded as one of India's greatest and most influential vocalists.
She earned prestigious names like "Queen of Melody," "Nightingale of India," and "Voice of the Millennium" for her contributions to the Indian music industry during her eight-decade-long-career.
Over the course of her career, she won numerous awards and honours.
She is honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989 from the Indian government.
She received the Bharat Ratna in 2001 in honour of her achievements to the nation.
Lata mainly sang in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali, however she also recorded songs in more than 36 different Indian languages and a few foreign languages.

Additional InformationAsha Bhosale:

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle was honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2021.
Asha Bhosle was born on 8th September 1933 in a Marathi Brahmin family based in Pune. She was the third child of Pt. Dinanath Mangeshkar.
Although she acted as a child artist in Marathi films, she then chose singing as a career.
Asha got an assignment to sing a Marathi song when she was 10 years old for the film Majha Bal.
Asha Bhosle made her Hindi Playback debut with the film ‘Chunariya.’
She has received 17 Maharashtra State Awards.
She has also received the Freddie Mercury Award.
She was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.
She is the recipient of the first Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) of the Jodhpur National University.
In 1997, Asha established another milestone in her career graph.
She became the very first Indian artist to be nominated by the prestigious music Grammy Awards.
The veteran singer was chosen because of her splendid vocals in Ustad Ali Akbar Khan’s music album, Legacy.
Mai is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language film which marks the debut of veteran singer Asha Bhosle as a lead actress.