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
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
0425
OEMI0358
169
1875
1919
0717
19-20
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
Bhim Kant Deka
?
OEMI0360
174
1913
1971
?
20
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
?
Singer and dancer
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Bhoja Raja
?
OEMI0363
179
?
?
?
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI0367
183
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
?
OEMI0368
183
0.1696
0.1778
?
17-18
?
?
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
Seni
his father Sadaarang
P01145
Bhubaneswar Mishra
?
OEMI0366
183
1927
1993
0507
20
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
?
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
Bi Rahimanbai
?
OEMI0372
184
Charkhari
?
19
?
?
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Bhurji Khan
0505
OEMI0371
184
1890
1949
0506
19-20
Jaipur area
Mumbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer and teacher
Jaipur-Atraauli
Alladiya Khan and Haidar Khan
khayaal
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
?
OEMI0370
184
1896
1941
?
19-20
Bengal
?
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
Bikku Maharaj
?
OEMI0374
188
Benares
1863
1949
?
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Bilas Baras Khan
?
OEMI0375
189
Pune
?
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of the Pune durbar
Pune durbar
dhrupad
Bilas Khan
?
OEMI0376
189
0.154
0.1621
?
16
Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
Bimal Mukherji
?
OEMI0377
190
1930
1997
01??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
Bimalindu Mukherji
?
OEMI0380
191
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
20
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Binapani Mishra
0210
OEMI0381
192
1933
1996
0625
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Cuttack
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Benares
Amir Khan
Binaoani Mohanty
0628
OEMI0382
192
1928
20
Cuttack,Orissa
sitar player,vocalist
Vocalist,sitar player,and teacher.
Allauddin Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
OEMI0387
193
1866
1940
19-20
Barisal
Barisal
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
Bindu Bala
OEMI0386
193
?
?
Singer-actress of the Bengali stage sometime during 1900-10
P00136
Birju Maharaj
0204
OEMI0391
194
Delhi
1937
20
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Lachhu Maharaj
Birchandra Manikya
OEMI0389
194
?
?
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
Biru Mishra
OEMI0392
194
Nepal durbar
188696
0.1935
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla and pakhaawaj player
Vishwanath Prasad, Madan Mohan Mishra
Bishnuprasad Rabha
0131
OEMI0396
195
1909
1969
0620
20
Dhaka
Tezpur, Assam
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
P00137
Bishan Dass Sharma
OEMI0393
195
Delhi
1929
20
Lahore
Maker of musical instruments
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
Bishnu Priya Samantasinghar
0205
OEMI0395
195
Cuttack
1927
20
Puri, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, first woman artiste of All India Radio, Cuttack
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
Bishnu Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0394
195
1804
1900
19
Kaetpura, near Ranaghat, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Aadi Brahmo Samaaj
Hasmukh Khan, Dilavar Khan, Miya Miran, Rahim Khan
dhrupad
Bishweshwar Bandyopadhyaya
OEMI0397
195
1833
1911
19-20
Balagard, Hooghly district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Biswanath Sahai
OEMI0400
197
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
Bobbili Kesavayya
OEMI0401
197
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
his father, Gopalayya
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Bose,R.N.
?
OEMI0403
198
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Brahmananda Paradesi
?
OEMI0404
199
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
0421
OEMI0406
201
1874
1957
10??
19-20
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
?
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
Brajaranjana Deva
?
OEMI0405
201
1732
1787
?
18
Assam
Assam
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
P00015
Buddhadev Dasgupta
0201
OEMI0410
203
Kolkata
1933
20
Bhagalpur,Bihar
Eminent sarod player
Seni Shahjahanour
Radhika Mohan Moitra
Bughara Khan
?
OEMI0412
204
?
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla exponent
Delhi
Bulakilal Yadav
?
OEMI0413
204
0.1923
2000
0408
20
?
Allahabad
tabla player
Tabla player
Lalji Shrivastav
Bullah Shah
?
OEMI0414
204
1680
1752
?
17-18
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Buniyad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0416
205
Rampur
0.1835
1918
?
19-20
Bareilly
Rampur
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur durbar
Chaggan(Master)
?
OEMI0419
208
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
P00080
Chaitanya Deva,B.
?
OEMI0420
208
1981
0528
20
Bangalore,Karnataka
New Delhi
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
P00138
Chakradhar Mahanta
0818
OEMI0422
210
1902
1982
0409
20
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Saudkuchi Sattra
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
0811
OEMI0423
211
1905
1947
1007
20
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
?
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
Challagali Krishnayyar
OEMI0424
213
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Chamman Khan-saheb
OEMI0426
213
1878
1922
19-20
Rampur
Rampur
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chand Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0430
214
1888
1980
1220
19-20
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of years
Delhi saarangi gharaanaa
Mamman Khan, Sangi Khan
Chand Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0429
214
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Chandrabai
OEMI0435
217
Agra
1833
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Mansingh Vaidprakash
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
Chandrabhaga Devi
OEMI0437
218
1922
1997
0414
20
?
Bangalore
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
OEMI0438
218
1829
1907
19-20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
0604
OEMI0441
221
1915
20
Mysore city,
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Chandrasena, R.A.
0827
OEMI0442
221
1924
1980
0301
20
Kandy, Sri Lanka
?
Music director and teacher
P00055
Chandrasekaran, M.
OEMI0440
221
1937
20
Kolkata
?
violinist
Noted violinist
his mother Charubala Mohan
Chantai Das Oja
OEMI0444
221
?
?
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Chandrika Prasad Dube
OEMI0443
222
1875
19-20
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
Kanailal Dhendi
Charles Dias Amaratunga
OEMI0445
223
1876
1944
19-20
?
?
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
P02120
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
OEMI0447
224
1922
No
20
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
Kathakali artiste
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
P03011
Charu Sija Mathur
OEMI0446
224
1940
No
20
Delhi
Performer of Manipuri dance
R. K. Singhajit Singh
Chaturlal
OEMI0450
226
0.1925
1965
1014
20
Udaipur
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
OEMI0451
227
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
P00139
Chengannur Raman Pillai
?
OEMI0454
229
1884
1980
1128
19-20
Chengannur, Kerala
?
Well-known Kathakali actor
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
Chengalvaraya Sastri
?
OEMI0453
229
1810
1900
0228
19
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhange Khan
OEMI0459
231
0.1857
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
P00140
Chhota Gandharva
0510
OEMI0463
236
1918
1997
1231
20
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
?
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
Chhote Kale Khan
OEMI0467
237
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
Chhote Khan
OEMI0468
237
1827
1912
19-20
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Kudau Singh
Chhote Munne Khan
OEMI0470
237
Lucknow
1927
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Chhote Mohammad Khan
OEMI0469
237
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
Haddu Khan
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer

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