Who's Who of Indian Musicians (WWIM), originally published by Sangeet Natak Akademi: National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama (SNA) in two editions (1968 and 1984), is a voluminous directory of Indian musicians. The directory data was collected from vocalists and instrumentalists of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, and other various genres including folk music. It is possible to use overall 3,160 entries (1,877 musicians) for inquiries about their birth year, specialization, and educational background, as well as their performing experiences abroad and publications, if any. Entries in this WWIM database are compiled from the original print versions after correcting the editorial errors such as duplications or misspellings.

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Toggle column: Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Instrument - Vocal - WWIM ID
Barve, Manahar G.
P00396
0167
H
M
H
1910
khyal
0101
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
P06804
0160
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0102
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
P00401
0172
H
M
H
1930
tabla
dilruba
0103
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
vocal
0104
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
P00405
0176
H
F
H
1914
others
0105
Behera, Narayan
P00406
0177
C
M
M
1917
vina
0106
Bhagavathi, T.S.
P00408
0179
C
F
H
1925
vocal
0107
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0108
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
P00410
0181
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
0109
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
P00411
0182
H
M
H
1928
others
0110
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
P00412
0183
H
M
H
1908
surbahar
sitar
0111
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
P00416
0187
C
M
H
1936
violin
0112
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
P00415
0186
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
0113
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
P00421
0192
H
M
H
1921
khyal
0114
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
P00422
0193
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0115
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
P00423
0194
H
M
H
1884
khyal
others
0116
Bhatt, Manju
P00425
0196
H
F
H
1945
sitar
0117
Bhatt, Mannulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
0118
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
P00427
0198
H
M
H
1929
sitar
0119
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
P00292
0050
H
M
H
1937
others
0120
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
others
0121
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
P00429
0200
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0122
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
P06816
0015
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
0123
Bhattacharya, Indranil
P00433
0204
H
M
H
1936
sitar
0124
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
P00414
0185
C
M
H
1924
violin
0125
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
P00439
0210
H
M
H
1926
khyal
0126
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
929
khyal
0127
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
0128
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
P06203
0216
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0129
Bholanath Prassana
P00446
0217
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
0130
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
P00041
0218
H
F
H
1914
khyal
others
0131
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
P00447
0219
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
khyal
0132
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0133
Bhullan Khan
P00462
0234
H
M
M
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
0134
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0135
Bhutan, Durgaprasad
P00463
0235
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0136
Bina Devi
P00466
0238
H
F
H
1932
others
0137
Bismillah Khan
P00014
0241
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
0138
Biswas, Anil
P00469
0242
O
M
H
1914
0139
Biswas, Debabrata
P00471
0244
O
M
H
1911
vocal
0140
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
P00474
0247
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0141
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
0142
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
0143
Bordolayee, Sundor
P00476
0250
H
M
H
1916
sitar
0144
Bose, Ila
P00478
0252
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0145
Bose, Joya
P00479
0253
H
F
H
1941
sitar
0146
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
P00481
0255
H
M
H
1914
khyal
others
0147
Brahaspati, Kalias Chandra Deva
P00482
0256
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
0148
Brahmiah Sastry, Sistu
P00483
0257
C
M
H
1909
violin
0149
Bundu Khan
P06119
0261
H
M
M
1907
sitar
0150
Burman, Sachin Dev
P00089
0262
O
M
H
1906
vocal
0151
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
P00488
0263
C
M
H
1898
violin
0152
Butt, Sanna Ullah
P00489
0264
H
M
M
1912
rabab
0153
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
P00490
0265
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0154
Chakraborty, Suren
P00492
0267
H
M
H
1899
others
0155
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
P00497
0272
O
M
H
1895
vocal
0156
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
P00500
0275
H
M
M
1898
khyal
0157
Chanda Hussain
P00501
0276
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
0158
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
P00503
0278
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
0159
Chandramouli, Karlepalem
P00506
0281
C
M
H
1929
vocal
0160
Chandrashekharaiah, M.S.
P00510
0286
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
0161
Channamma, G.
P00514
0290
C
F
H
1913
vocal
0162
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
P00525
0301
H
M
H
1908
khyal
0163
Chaubey, Debabrata
P00022
0046
H
M
H
1935
sitar
0164
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
P00038
0306
H
M
H
1938
flute
0165
Chavda, Kishan Singh
P00530
0307
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
0166
Chellappa, K.S.
P00535
0312
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
0167
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
P00472
0245
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
0168
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
P00536
0313
H
M
H
1926
sitar
0169
Chhaya, Pushpa
P00539
0316
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0170
Chikhalikar, Nilkanth Buva
P00012
0318
H
M
H
1913
khyal
0171
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
P00542
0320
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
0172
China Satyanarayana, Nookala
P00541
0319
C
M
H
1927
vocal
0173
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
P00544
0322
C
M
H
1880
violin
0174
Chitra Gupta
P00546
0324
O
M
H
1919
0175
Chitti, Chippada
P00548
0328
C
M
H
1926
Nagaswaram
clarinet
0176
Chitti Abbai, Domada
P00025
0326
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
0177
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
0178
Chorghade, Vimal L.
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
0179
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
P00556
0336
O
F
H
1937
vocal
0180
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
P00558
0338
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
0181
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
P06042
0341
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
0182
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
0183
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
P00079
0344
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
0184
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
P00561
0345
C
M
H
1929
vocal
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
0186
Dakshinamurthy, B.
P00563
0347
C
M
H
1928
violin
0187
Dakshinamurty, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
vocal
0188
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
0189
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
others
0190
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
P00566
0350
C
M
H
1908
vocal
0191
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
others
0192
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
0193
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
vocal
0194
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0195
Das, Gunada
P00575
0359
H
F
H
1939
khyal
0196
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
tabla
esraj
violin
0197
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1961
khyal
0198
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0199
Das, Raghab Chandra
P00582
0366
O
M
H
1919
0200

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