MUMBAI: Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar paid tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 118th birth anniversary and to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.

Netaji Bose was born 23 January in 1897.

Namaskar. Aaj mahan Swatantrata Senani Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji ki Jayanti hai .Is Mahan vibhuti ko mere Koti koti pranam.

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) January 23, 2015

In another post, the 85-year-old Bharat Ratna paid tributes to Thackeray, who too was born 23 January.

Namaskar. Aaj Hindu Hriday Samrat Shivsena Pramukh Balasaheb Thackeray ji ki Jayanti hai. Is Mahan vibhuti ko mera vinamra Abhivadan.

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) January 23, 2015

The 'Nightingale of India' has given hit numbers like 'Aye mere watan ke logon', 'Lag ja gale', 'Inhi logon ne'  and 'Aye-dil-e-nadan'.