Zubeen Garg

pWotD Episode 3062: Zubeen Garg Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 338,849 views on Friday, 19 September 2025 our article of the day is Zubeen Garg. Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur (Assamese pronunciation: [zubin bɔɹtʰakuɹ]; 18 November 1972 – 19 September 2025) was an Indian musician who primarily worked and sang in the Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi-language film and music industries. He had also sung in 40 other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Adi, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Malayalam, Marathi, Mising, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Tiwa. Garg was a multi-instrumentalist and played 12 instruments including anandalahari, dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla, and various percussion instruments. He was regarded as one of the most influential musician in Assam, and was also the highest-paid singer. This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:53 UTC on Saturday, 20 September 2025. For the full current version of the article, see Zubeen Garg on Wikipedia . This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes. Follow us on Mastodon at @[email protected] . Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner , a current events podcast. Until next time, I'm neural Ruth.