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
P00195
Pithukuli Murugadas
OEMI1627
812
1920
20
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Singer of south Indian bhajans
Brahmananda Paradesi
P00167
Keshava Murthy, H.R.
OEMI1054
540
1920
20
Chickmaglur district, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam teacher
Guru Gundappa
P02179
Gulab-bai
OEMI0756
386387
1920
1996
0713
No
20
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
Rasik Kavi
OEMI1803
891
1920
1988
0211
20
?
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Sitara Devi
OEMI1995
986
Mumbai
1920
20
Kolkata
Well-known Kathak danseuse
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
Iliyas Khan
OEMI0857
439
1920
1989
0302
20
Lucknow
Lucknow
sitar player
Sitar player
P00212
Ramkumar Chatterji
OEMI1772
881
1920
20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
Kanan,A.
06??
OEMI1013
514
1920
2004
0912
20-21
Chennai
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti and Amir Khan
Nanhaku Maharaj
OEMI1446
722
1920
1995
1014
20
?
Benares
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
Benares
P00377
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
No
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
Ajoy Sinha Roy
1201
OEMI0065
30
Kolkata
1920
20
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Shridhar Parsekar
OEMI1971
974
1920
1964
0911
20
Parse, Goa
?
violinist
Noted violinist
Gajananrao Joshi
P00083
Pagaldas Swami
0815
OEMI1569
781
1920
20
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Amvadas-pant Agali
?
OEMI0103
47
1920
1972
?
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
Phuljhuri Khan
OEMI1622
809
1920
1982
20
Bramhanbaria, Bangladesh
Dhaka
tabla, esraaj player
Tabla and esraaj player
his paternal encles Aftabuddin Khan （in tabla） and Ayet Ali Khan （in esraaj）
Lalu Ram Sahu
?
OEMI1194
601
1920
20
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
Naina Devi
?
OEMI1435
717
1920
1993
1101
20
Bengal
New Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
P00004
Allah Rakha Khan
0429
OEMI0090
4142
?
1919
2000
0203
20
Gurdaspur, Punjab
Mumbai
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
Kanji Bhota Barot
OEMI1019
515
1919
1990
0928
20
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
Chalala,Saurashtra
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Pran Nath
1103
OEMI1638
825
1919
1996
0613
20
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
Berkeley, USA
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
?
OEMI2041
1012
1919
20
Bangalore
Noted veena player
T.Venkatarao
P00196
Pradip Chaliha
OEMI1635
824
Assam
1919
20
Golaghat, Assam
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
P00230
Sudhir Phadke
0725
OEMI2049
10211022
1919
2002
0729
20-21
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer,vocalist
Noted singer and music composer
Vamanrao Phadke and Baburao Gokhale
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Pattammal, D.K.
0319
OEMI1613
806
Chennai
1919
2005
0716
20-21
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Ambi Dikshitar, P.L. Venkatarama Iyer
Gajananrao Watve
?
OEMI0645
325326
1919
2009
0402
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
Govindrao Desai
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
Sumar Suleman Jumani
OEMI2063
1029
1919
1999
04??
20
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
Mundra
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
Suleman Juma Jumani
P00158
Ishitiaq Ahmad
OEMI0882
445
1919
1967
20
?
?
Sarod player
Kalidas Pal
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
0822
OEMI1070
547
Manipur
1919
1980
1022
20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Bhat, S.C.R.
0312
OEMI0350
164
1919
2008
0214
20-21
Shirali, south Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Lalchand Yamla Jat
OEMI1180
593
1919
20
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
OEMI1059
541
1919
20
Chennai
Noted flute player
T. Brinda
Nilakantan Nambisan （Kalamandalam）
1101
OEMI1528
756
1919
1980
20
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
Kathakali
P01225
Chidanand Nagarkar
1120
OEMI0475
238
1919
1971
0526
No
20
Malleswaram, Bangalore
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
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
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
OEMI0831
423
1918
1991
20
Agartala
Agartala
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura
P00182
Maheswar Neog
OEMI1236
621
1918
1995
0913
20
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
Guwahati,Assam
author and researcher in music and fine arts
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
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
P00364
Balasaraswati,T.
0513
OEMI0269
110111
1918
1984
0209
No
20
Chennai
?
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
Ramchandra, C.
0112
OEMI1755
876877
1918
1982
0105
20
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Shankarro Sapre
Hindi film music
Wajid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2234
1144
1918
20-
Lucknow
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
P00125
Asgaribai
08??
OEMI0184
81
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
20
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Zahur Khan
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
Barve P.N.
1230
OEMI0309
124
1918
20
Akola, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
P01595
Sohan Singh
0422
OEMI2006
990
1918
1987
0203
20
Ludhiana district, Punjab
Punjab
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan （Baroda）,
P00148
Gaurishankar Devilal
OEMI0663
350
1918
1992
0220
20
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
Mumbai
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
Ajay Bardan
?
OEMI0062
29
Kolkata
1917
1991
0328
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player
Dhruba Charan Ratha
0415
OEMI0578
290
1917
20
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
tabla player
Tabla player
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
P02054
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
OEMI0122
52
1917
1998
0114
No
20
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
?
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
Ramanathan, S.
0408
OEMI1745
873874
1917
1986
0519
20
Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,musicologist
Noted musicologist, teacher, and vocalist
Ramudu Bhagavatar, Manalurpettai Subrahmanya Diikshitar, Tiger Varadachariar, and Valadi Krishna Iyer
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Ramaratnam, V.
OEMI1750
874875
1917
20
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
Narayan Behera
1214
OEMI1462
726
1917
20
Ganjam, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
P00045
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
OEMI1028
519
1917
1977
1202
20
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
Masidullah Khan
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
Tatachar,T.S.
05??
OEMI2113
1068
1917
2001
1208
20-21
Pavgada,Tumkur district,Karnataka
Bangalore
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
his father T.Srinivasachar,uncle T.Seshachar,Krishnamachar(veena),and Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
Karnatik
Vasantrao Kulkarni
OEMI2170
1118
1917
1997
0303
20
Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher
teacher
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
Rajyeswar Mitra
0930
OEMI1716
866867
1917
1995
0118
20
Agartala, Tripura
Kolkata
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
Radhika Mohan Moitra
0213
OEMI1674
843844
1917
1981
1015
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
sarod player
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
P02765
Chimanlal Nayak
0414
OEMI0480
239
1916
1977
1023
No
20
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
Sheikh Dawod
1216
OEMI1959
971
1916
1992
0321
20
Solapur, Maharashtra
Hyderabad
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
Sastry, B.V.K.
OEMI1893
952
Bangalore
1916
2003
0922
20
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
Bangalore
Noted author and columnist
Shanti Vardhan
OEMI1949
968
1916
1954
0903
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
?
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
Edwin Samaradivakara
0622
OEMI0609
309
1916
1959
1008
20
Katna, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
P00058
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
0916
OEMI2040
10111012
1916
2004
1211
20-21
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
P01413
Govindrao Rajurkar
OEMI0748
382
1916
1983
0517
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
?
OEMI0056
27
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
P06724
Shakor Khan
OEMI1927
964
1916
1975
1006
20
?
New Delhi
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Abdul Gafoor Khan and uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Afzal Hussain
0801
OEMI0044
23
1916
20
Nagina,near Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Muhammad Hussain
Mirabai Badkar
0713
OEMI1315
664
1916
20
Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Kalyanibai and Anwar Hussain Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
Ramachandran, V.A.
06??
OEMI1736
871872
1915
1993
1231
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Hyderabad
Mridangam player
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
Sunil Santa
0414
OEMI2075
10311032
1915
1981
0411
20
Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
Mugna Khan
OEMI2278
691
1915
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
saarangi ghaaraana
Kale Khan
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Sarada Subramaniam
OEMI1881
944
1915
20
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
Surchand Sharma, G.
0210
OEMI2078
10341035
Manipur
1915
20
Imphal
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）

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