Lata, who collaborated with the singer on numerous songs, said he was one of a kind.
"Namaskar, today is the 86th birth anniversary of our favourite singer, musician, poet, writer, director, producer hero and script writer Kishore da.
"There was never an artiste like him, there is no one like and there will be nobody like him. I salute him," Mangeshkar, who was very close to the late singer, wrote on her Twitter.
The Madhya Pradesh-born singer was one of the prominent voice of leading actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna.
"Kishore Da, the Kishore Kumar.. Birth anniversary.. Today... Versatile in thought & deed!," he said.
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