In which city was the singer Lata Mangeshkar born?

Explanation

Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary playback singer, was born on 28 September 1929 in Indore, in present-day Madhya Pradesh. She died on 6 February 2022 in Mumbai, at the age of 92.

Lata Mangeshkar was the eldest child of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and theatre actor, and his wife Shevanti. Her siblings, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar, are also musicians. Her father died when she was 13, and she began working as an actress and singer to support her family. She recorded her first playback song for the Marathi film "Kiti Hasaal" (1942), although the song was cut from the film. Her breakthrough came with the song "Aayega Aanewala" from the film "Mahal" (1949). Over a career of more than 70 years, she sang thousands of songs in more than 30 languages and became the most famous voice of Hindi cinema. She is often called the "Nightingale of India", "Melody Queen" and "Swara Kokila". Her patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon" (1963) is one of the most famous songs in India. She received the Padma Bhushan (1969), the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989), the Padma Vibhushan (1999) and the Bharat Ratna (2001), and France made her an Officer of the Legion of Honour (2009). The Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1984 in her honour.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Mumbai is the city where she lived and worked for most of her life and where she died.
• ✗Pune and Kolhapur are cities in Maharashtra linked with her early life and career, but she was not born there.