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: Personal ID - WWP ID - WWIM ID - Name - H / C - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal - Instrument
P06825
1874
1403
Pal, Saren
H
M
H
1912
mandolin
P06824
1249
2602
Rajeswari, Padmanabhan
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P06820
0659
2002
Jayalakshmi
C
F
H
1921
P06819
0488
1366
Ghulam Jafar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P06818
0390
0217
Desai, Nidhara
H
F
H
1927
khyal
P06818
0390
1768
Desai, Nildhara
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P06817
0112
1610
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1917
tabla
P06816
0015
0123
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
P06816
0015
1614
Bhattacharya, Dhirendra Nath
H
M
H
1891
dhrupad
khyal
others
P06815
0014
1190
Thakar, Vawant Vaman
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P06815
0014
2992
Thankar, Vasant Vaman
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P06814
0013
1457
Adam Saheb, Shauk
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
P06814
0013
1460
Adam Saheb, Shaik
C
M
M
1920
nagasvaram
P06813
0012
0008
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P06813
0012
1459
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P06812
0011
0007
Abrol, Karuna
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P06812
0011
1458
Abrol, Karuna
H
M
H
1930
khyal
others
P06811
0010
0006
Adid Husain Khan
H
M
M
1920
dhrupad
khyal
sitar
P06811
0010
2041
Abid Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1920
khyal
dhrupad
others
P06810
0008
0004
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1872
tabla
P06810
0008
1455
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
P06809
0007
0003
Abdul Qadir Khan (Sanehi)
H
M
M
1917
khyal
P06809
0007
1454
Abdul Qadir Khan (Sanehi)
H
M
M
1917
khyal
P06808
0005
1346
Chaubey, Lachman Prasad
H
M
H
1910
dhrupad
khyal
P06808
0005
1687
Chaubey, Lakxhman Prasad
H
M
H
1909
dhrupad
others
P06807
0004
1451
Abdul Karim Khan
H
M
M
1915
bin
sitar
P06806
0002
0002
Abdul Khadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P06806
0002
1452
Abdul Kadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P06805
0467
1857
Ghalam Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1928
sitar
P06804
0160
0102
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P06804
0160
1584
Barave, Padmakar Narhar
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P06742
0634
0378
Jahangir Khan
H
M
M
1871
tabla
P06726
0599
0412
Joshi, Gajanan Rao
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P06726
0599
2022
Joshi, Gajanan Anant
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P06724
1395
1046
Shakoor Khan
H
M
M
1917
sarangi
P06724
1395
1425
Shakoor Khan
H
M
M
1916
sarangi
P06689
0916
2240
Mallick, Abhay Narayan
H
M
H
1936
dhrupad
P06529
0510
0306
Gopal Das 1
H
M
H
1926
tabla
pakhavaj
P06529
0510
1893
Gopaldas
H
M
H
1926
tabla
pakhavaj
P06507
1300
0930
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06507
1300
1415
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06507
1300
2695
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06343
1005
2668
Ramzan Khan
H
M
M
tabla
P06308
1238
0859
Rajam, N.
H & C
M
H
1939
violin
P06308
1238
2586
Rajam. N.
H
M
H
1939
violin
P06289
0739
0444
Kanthe Maharaj
H
M
H
1880
tabla
P06203
0216
0129
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P06203
0216
1628
Bhimshankar Rao
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
khyal
others
P06202
0783
2109
Khurana, Shanno
H
F
H
1927
khyal
others
P06159
1667
3154
Yaqub Ali Khan
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P06123
0006
1453
Abdul Latif Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
P06119
0261
0150
Bundu Khan
H
M
M
1907
sitar
P06119
0261
1657
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P06104
0497
0287
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P06104
0497
1866
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P06082
0388
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P06082
0388
1766
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1901
khyal
P06080
0062
0045
Anant Lal
H
M
H
1932
shahanai
P06080
0062
1509
Anant Lal
H
M
H
1932
shahanai
P06060
1274
0898
Ramanathan, S.
C
M
H
1917
vocal
P06060
1274
2644
Ramanathan, S.
C
M
H
1917
vocal
P06047
0342
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P06047
0342
1725
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P06044
0047
0028
Amarnath
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P06044
0047
1486
Amarnath
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P06043
1315
0952
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P06043
1315
2721
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P06042
0341
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P06040
0929
2250
Mani Prasad
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P06035
1043
0667
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
surbahar
sitar
P06035
1043
2365
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
surbahar
sitar
P06033
0491
2667
Ram Shankar Das(Swami Pagaldas)
H
M
H
1920
tabla
pakhavaj
mridangam
P06027
1408
1059
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P06027
1408
2849
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P06016
1650
0988
Sarbaik, Nivrittibuwa Tukaram
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P06016
1650
2762
Sarnail, Nivruttibua Tukarambua
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P06012
0988
0624
Mishra, Umashankar
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P06012
0988
2304
Mishra, Uma Shankar
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P06011
0915
0584
Mallic, Ram Chatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
others
P06011
0915
2342
Mallick, Ramchatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
P06009
0787
0480
Kishan Maharaj
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P06009
0787
2113
Kishan Maharaj
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P05991
0583
0346
Hangal, Gangubai(Gandhari)
H
F
H
1913
khyal
P05991
0583
1939
Hangal, Gangubai
H
F
H
1923
khyal
P05988
0102
0064
Atre, Prabha Dattatraya
H
M
H
1932
khyal
others
P05988
0102
1532
Atra, Prabha
H
F
H
1932
khyal
others
P05979
1591
1289
Vijay Raghav Rao
H & C
M
H
1925
flute
others
P05979
1591
3117
Vijay Raghav Rao
H
M
H
1925
flute
P05978
1175
0783
Pathak, Balaram
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P05978
1175
2510
Pathak, Balram
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P05977
0483
2608
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
H
F
H
1941
khyal
others
P05975
0009
0005
Abhisheki, Jitendra
H
M
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
P05975
0009
1456
Abhisheki, Jitendra Bhikaji
H
M
H
1933
khyal
others
P05971
1044
1398
Mutatkar, Sumati Vishwanth
H
M
H
1916
dhrupad
others
khyal
P05971
1044
2366
Mutatkar, Sumati
H
M
H
1916
dhrupad
khyal
P05968
1255
0913
Rama Narayan
H
M
H
1927
sarangi
P05968
1255
2665
Ram Narain
H
M
H
1928
sarangi
P05952
0688
0408
Joshi, Anant Manohar
H
M
H
1882
khyal
P05950
0098
1528
Asad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1937
bin
P05949
0578
0342
Hafeez Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1926
khyal
others

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