West Bengal govt declares half-day holiday to mourn Lata Mangeshkar's demise

Lata Mangeshkar's demise: The West Bengal government declared a half-day holiday on Monday to mourn the demise of singing legend Lata Mangeshkar.

The West Bengal government declared a half-day holiday on Monday in honour of singing legend Lata Mangeshkar, who breathed her last on Sunday. Known as the 'Nightingale of India', Lata Mangeshkar died at Candy Breach Hospital in Mumbai around 8:12 am on Sunday due to multiple organ failure. The veteran singer was 92.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was mesmerised by Lata Mangeshkar's voice and felt grateful that she held Bengal and the artists of the east dear to her heart and integral to her magnificent world of music.

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"I pay my heartfelt tribute to the departed icon of India, Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar. While offering my sincerest condolences to her family and the billions of admirers that she leaves behind all over the world, I express my deepest sadness at the demise of the genius that the Nightingale of India truly was," Mamata Banerjee said n a tweet.

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"Like all her fans and followers across the planet, I was also mesmerized by her voice and renderings, and felt grateful that she held Bengal and the artistes of the East so dear to her heart and so integral to her magnificent world of music," Mamata Banerjee said.

I pay my heart-felt tribute to the departed icon of India, Bharatratna Lata Mangeshkar. (1/3)