A NEW GINGER LILY SPECIES DISCOVERED IN NORTH EAST ( NAMED AFTER ZUBEEN GARG)

* RESEARCHERS FROM BIRJHORA MAHAVIDYALAYA UNDER BONGAIGAON UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH RIKERTRE LYTAN  & NRIPEMO ODYUO FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY INDIA ( BSI) SHILLONG 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GINGER LILY SPECIES 

* SPECIES NAMED - HEDYCHIUM ZUBEENGARGIANUM 

( SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE SINGER ZUBEEN GARG) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO - ZINGIBIBERACEAE FAMILY 

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A NEW PLANT SPECIES NAMED AFTER LATE ZUBEEN GARG

* RESEARCHERS  FROM GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES ( FLOWER) IN GRASSLAND OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

NOTED ASSAMESE SINGER ZUBEEN GARG PASSED AWAY

 ZUBEEN BORTHAKUR 

* BORN IN - 18TH NOVEMBER 1972 ( BORN IN TURA, MEGHALAYA) 

* PASSED AWAY ON - 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025

* HE SANGS MORE THAN 40 LANGUAGES INCLUDING ASSSAMESE, BENGALI, HINDI. 

* HE WAS THE ASSAM'S HIGHEST PAID SINGER. 

AWARDS - 

* 2011 - GUEST ARTIST OF THE YEAR BY ASSAM CONVENTION 

* 2024 - HONORARY DOCTOR OF LITERATURE ( D LITT) 

* 2009 - 55TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS ( NON FEATURE FILM ECHOES SILENCE ) 

* 2006 - GLOBAL INDIAN FILM AWARDS/ FILMFARE 

* 2023 - 8TH ASSAM STATE FILM AWARDS ( FOR KANCHANJANGHA) 

* 2024 - FILMFARE AWARDS ASSAMESE ( FOR THE SLAM BOOK)