2. Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg or Zubeen Borthakur aka Goldie was born on 18 November 1972 in Jorhat, Assam to Mohini Mohan Borthakur, a famous lyricist and poet and the late Ily Borthakur. He finished his schooling from various schools across Assam and moved to Guwahati to get a degree in Science from B. Borooah College.Â
When he got a gold medal for his Western Solo Performance in 1992, he left his degree to pursue his career in music. He started learning tabla from Guru Robin Banarjee and singing from Guru Romoni Rai. In a very short duration of time he became a trained artist not just on the table but also on dhols, dotara, mandolin, percus...