MAHARASHTRA BHUSHAN AWARD

About:

• A committee headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting earlier today in this regard.
  
  
• The award, instituted in 1996 by the State government to recognise distinguished work and achievements of eminent persons from the State, representing different walks of life, carries a cash prize of ₹10 lakh and a citation.
  
  
• Born on September 8, 1933, in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, Ms. Bhosle was initiated into music by her father, the renowned Marathi stage actor-singer Dinanath Mangeshkar.
  
  
• Bhosle received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2000.