The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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Personal ID
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Indramohan Das
OEMI0878
443444
19
?
?
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
P00157
Indira P.P. Bora
OEMI0877
443
1949
20
Golaghat, Assam
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
Indira Devi Chowdhurani
1229
OEMI0876
443
1873
1960
0812
19-20
?
?
Music educator and writer from poet Rabindranath Tagore's family
P00156
Inder Lal Dhandra
OEMI0875
443
1930
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
his father Bihari Lal
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
OEMI0872
442
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
the family
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Inayat Hussain Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0870
441442
1894
1938
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player ?
his father Imdad Khan, Allabande Khan, Daulat Khan, Alladiya Khan
Inayat Hussain Khan
OEMI0869
441
1849
1919
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and founder of a prominent branch of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
his father , Bahadur Hussain
Inayat Hussain
OEMI0868
441
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
Inayat Ali Khan
OEMI0867
440441
1790
0.1883
18-19
probably in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Dhaka
sarod player
A sarod pioneer
his father Hussain Ali Khan
P05793
Imrat Khan
OEMI0866
440
1936
20
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
Imdad Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
Imdad Khan （Agra）
OEMI0864
440
0.18
0.186
19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
agra gharaanaa
his family
Imdad Hussain Khan
OEMI0863
439440
0.1848
1920
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Indore
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Sahabdad Hussain Khan
Imamuddin Dagar
OEMI0862
439
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Imam Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0861
439
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent）
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
Imam Khan
OEMI0860
439
19
?
?
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Imam Badi
OEMI0858
439
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Shadi Khan
Iliyas Khan
OEMI0857
439
1920
1989
0302
20
Lucknow
Lucknow
sitar player
Sitar player
Ilahijan
OEMI0855
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Ibrahim Adil Shah
OEMI0853
438
1580
1627
16-17
Bijapur
?
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
OEMI0849
437
?
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0848
436437
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
Hussain Bakhsh （Kishangarh）
OEMI0846
436
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
Hussain Ali Khan
OEMI0845
436
1850
19
Madhya Pradesh
?
sarod player
Noted sarod player of the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mohammad
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Honavar Krishnabhat
OEMI0843
434
0.1878
1942
19-20
Gokarn, South Karnataka
Shirali, in the same region
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
S.N. Ratanjankar, S.C.R. Bhat
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
Hiradevi Mishra
OEMI0840
432
Benares
0.1926
1983
0107
20
?
Benares
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
Hirabai Pednekar
OEMI0839
432
1885
1951
19-20
Nashik, Maharashtra
?
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
P00039
Hirabai Barodekar
0529
OEMI0838
431432
1905
1989
1120
20
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
Hira Singh Boralia
0612
OEMI0835
431
1934
20
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
Ram Narayan, Harlal Makwana, Bhailal Barot, Devilal Samar
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
OEMI0831
423
1918
1991
20
Agartala
Agartala
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura
P00155
Himant Kumar Jamatia
OEMI0830
423
1954
20
Trishabari, Tripura
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Helmholtz, Hermann
0831
OEMI0829
421
1821
1894
0908
19
Postdam, Germany
Berlin
Eminent German scientist
Heisnam Mangoljao
11??
OEMI0828
420
1914
1997
1016
20
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
Hazrat Inayat Khan Pathan
0405
OEMI0827
420
1882
1929
0205
19-20
Baroda
Delhi
musician
Noted Sufi musician and missionary
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Hassu Khan
OEMI0825
419
Gwalior
0.179
0.1855
18-19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
dhrupad
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
OEMI0823
418
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
Hassan Imam
0701
OEMI0822
418
1958
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dancer and teacher
G.A. Mannan
Hasrat Mohani
OEMI0821
418
1880
1951
0513
19-20
Mohan, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
poet
Urdu poet
Hasir Khan
OEMI0820
418
18
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
Harmasji Ardeshir
OEMI0819
416
Mumbai
?
?
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
P00154
Harishankar, G.
OEMI0818
416
1958
2002
0211
20-21
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
?
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
P00038
Hariprasad Chaurasia
0701
OEMI0816
415
Mumbai
1938
20
Allahabad
Eminent present-day maestro of the flute
Bholanath Prasanna, Annapurna Deviee
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Haridas Mukherji
OEMI0812
412
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
Haricharan Das Swami
OEMI0811
412
Dhaka
18
?
?
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
Hari Prasad Mishra
OEMI0806
411
1802
1868
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
OEMI0805
411
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Hari Nagabhoshanam
1224
OEMI0804
411
1884
1959
0907
19-20
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
?
violinist
Well-known violinist
Hari Dikshit Pandit
OEMI0803
411
18
?
?
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Harendra Krishina Shil
OEMI0801
410411
1880
1940
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
OEMI0800
410
0.1887
0.195
19-20
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
P00152
Hare Krishna Behera
OEMI0798
410
1938
No
20
Balasore area, Orissa
Exponent of dance and dance music
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
OEMI0797
410
Kolkata
1830
1899
19
Bengal
?
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
P02845
Haobam Atomba Singh
1210
OEMI0796
409
1885
1975
0221
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
P00152
Hanumandas Singh
OEMI0795
408409
0.184
1939
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Gaya
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
P00037
Hanuman Prasad Mishra
OEMI0794
408
1914
1999
1129
20
Benares
Benares
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player and teacher
his father Sursahai Mishra, Bade Ramdasji
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamid Khan
OEMI0789
401
1840
1909
19-20
Agra
Mysore
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his maternal grandfather Nanhe Khan
Hamid Hussain Khan
OEMI0788
401
1950
?
Lucknow
sitar player
Noted sitar player and teacher
his father Tullan Khan, uncle Turab （or Turav） Khan
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Haidarijan
OEMI0777
399400
?
?
Noted thumrii and soz singer of Lucknow
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Haidar Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Haidar Khan （Saharanpur）
OEMI0781
400
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Imam Bakhash, brother Bairam Khan
Haidar Khan （Jaipur）
OEMI0779
400
1898
19-20
Jaipur
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar player
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
OEMI0780
400
1936
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan

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