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: WWIM ID - Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
0010
Adinarayana, Kundala
P00261
0016
H
M
H
1928
khyal
thumri
bhajan
0059
Arolkar, Sharadchandra
P00090
0094
H
M
H
1912
khyal
Tappa
Thumri
1687
Chaubey, Lakxhman Prasad
0005
H
M
H
1909
dhrupad
Others
1456
Abhisheki, Jitendra Bhikaji
P05975
0009
H
M
H
1933
khyal
Others
1458
Abrol, Karuna
0011
H
M
H
1930
khyal
Others
1461
Adinarayana, Kundala
P00261
0016
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
1472
Ajit Merchant
P00273
0028
H
M
H
1952
khyal
Others
1493
Amir Mohammad Khan(Mehar Piya)
P00294
0052
H
M
M
1930
khyal
Others
tabla
1512
Andhare Vasant
P00316
0078
H
F
H
1928
khyal
Others
1524
Arolkar, Sharadchandra
P00090
0094
H
M
H
1912
khyal
Others
1531
Athavale, V.R.
P00336
0101
H
M
H
1918
khyal
Others
0064
Atre, Prabha Dattatraya
P05988
0102
H
M
H
1932
khyal
Others
1532
Atra, Prabha
P05988
0102
H
F
H
1932
khyal
Others
1060
Sharma, Tulidas (Atul Prem)
P00338
0104
H
M
H
1916
khyal
Others
1534
Sharma, Tulidas (Atul Prem)
P00338
0104
H
M
H
1916
khyal
Others
2850
Sharma, Tulsidas (Atul Prem)
P00338
0104
H
M
H
1916
khyal
Others
1538
Azambai Hukker
P00342
0108
H
F
H
1930
khyal
Others
1537
Azmbai, Dadasaheb Pisal
P00343
0109
H
F
H
1904
khyal
Others
1322
Begchi, Anil
P00351
0118
H
M
H
1908
khyal
Others
1546
Bagchi, Anil
P00351
0118
H
M
H
1908
khyal
Others
1570
Banerjee, Gopal
P00379
0147
H
M
H
1925
khyal
Others
1574
Banerjee, Prasun
P00382
0151
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
0093
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
P00384
0153
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
0094
Bangari Bai
P00388
0157
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
1577
Bangari Bai
P00388
0157
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
1328
Barodekar, Hirabai
P05928
0163
H
F
H
1905
khyal
Others
1580
Barodekar, Hirabai Manikrao
P05928
0163
H
F
H
1905
khyal
Others
0100
Barodekar, Kamalabai
P00393
0164
H
F
H
1909
khyal
Others
1581
Barodekar, Kamalabai Shyamaprasad
P00393
0164
H
F
H
1908
khyal
Others
1329
Bharadwaj, Harish
P00413
0184
H
M
H
1928
khyal
Others
1597
Bharadwaj, Harish
P00413
0184
H
M
H
1928
khyal
Others
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
P00423
0194
H
M
H
1884
khyal
Others
2979
Tarkar, Ganesh Hari
P00431
0202
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
1331
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
P00437
0208
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
Others
1621
Bhave, Lakshmi G.
P00438
0209
H
F
H
1914
khyal
Others
1623
Bhave, Shamala G.
P00440
0211
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
0131
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
P00041
0218
H
F
H
1914
khyal
Others
1634
Bhowmik Ila
P00461
0233
H
F
H
khyal
Others
1641
Binapani Misra
P00467
0239
H
F
H
1935
khyal
Others
1653
Bose, Ila
P00478
0252
H
F
H
1936
khyal
Others
0147
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
P00481
0255
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
2963
Sunil K. Bose
P00481
0255
H
M
H
1924
khyal
Others
1684
Chaturvedi, Balji
P00522
0298
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
Others
1719
Choudhury, Bela
P00549
0329
H
F
H
1942
khyal
Others
0179
Chorghade, Vimal L.
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
1718
Chorghade, Vimal L
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
1737
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
Others
1747
Das, Reba
P00584
0368
H
M
H
1934
khyal
Others
1748
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Sachin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
dhrupad
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
1751
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1938
khyal
Others
1764
Deo, Rajabhau
P00599
0386
H
M
H
1917
khyal
Others
1778
Deshpande, Vasudeo
P00612
0401
H
M
H
1927
khyal
Others
0240
Doddamani, Sounbai
P00630
0420
H
F
H
1919
khyal
Others
1835
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
P05853
0462
H
M
H
1924
khyal
Others
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
Others
2608
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
P05977
0483
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
P00689
0484
H
F
H
1922
khyal
Others
0288
Girija Devi
P00032
0498
H
F
H
1929
khyal
Others
1867
Girijadevi
P00032
0498
H
F
M
1929
khyal
Others
1873
Gokhale, Padamavati Anant
P00706
0505
H
F
H
1920
khyal
Others
1874
Gokhle, Sharad Ghanashyam
P00707
0506
H
M
H
1940
khyal
Others
2273
Mathur, Shakuntala
P00713
0512
H
M
H
1931
khyal
Others
2023
Joshim G.N.
P00729
0529
H
M
H
1909
khyal
Others
1903
Goswami, Sukhendu
P00738
0539
H
M
H
1911
khyal
Others
dhrupad
0342
Hafeez Ahmed Khan
P05949
0578
H
M
M
1926
khyal
Others
0344
Haldankar Suresh Vinayak
P00778
0581
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
1936
Haldankar, Suresh Vinayak
P00778
0581
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
1956
Hota, Damodar (Sur-Rang)
P00797
0602
H
M
H
1935
khyal
Others
0359
Husan Lal
P00800
0605
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
1973
Jadhav, Baburao Vishnath
P00820
0625
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
2364
Jambaldinni, Sidharama Channbasava
P00835
0642
H
M
H
1919
khyal
Others
1989
Janaki Iyer
P00837
0644
H
F
H
1932
khyal
Others
0648
Mujaddid Naizi
P00853
0664
H
M
M
1924
khyal
Others
2340
Majaddid Niazi
P00853
0664
H
M
M
1924
khyal
Others
2017
Joglekar, Yogini Visharad
P00872
0684
H
M
H
1925
khyal
Others
0409
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururaj
P00013
0689
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
2019
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururraj
P00013
0689
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
2029
Joshi, Ramakant
P00882
0695
H
M
H
1917
khyal
Others
0452
Kar, Shyam Sunder Singhari
P00930
0747
H
M
H
1908
dhrupad
Others
2076
Kar, Singhari Shree Shyam Sundar
P00930
0747
H
M
H
1908
khyal
Others
2084
Kaslikar, Manohar Babarao
P00939
0756
H
M
H
1927
khyal
Others
2089
Kaushik, Swami Ganesh Lal
P00943
0760
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
Others
2104
Khadikar, Indirabai Vaman
P00959
0777
H
F
H
1916
khyal
Others
2106
Khalikar, Nagesh Shankar
P00962
0780
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
2109
Khurana, Shanno
P06202
0783
H
F
H
1927
khyal
Others
2116
Kogje, Anant Keshao
P00971
0790
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
0490
Kothari, Manohar D.
P00978
0797
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
2167
Kshirsagar, Bhaskar Ganpatrao
P01025
0844
H
M
H
1913
khyal
Others
2169
Kulkarni, Padmakar S.
P01026
0845
H
M
H
1924
khyal
Others
2171
Kumavat, Shyam Sunder
P01028
0847
H
M
H
1937
dhrupad
Others
0542
Lahiri, Chinmoy
P01038
0858
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
2183
Lahiri, Nilima
P01039
0859
H
F
H
1924
khyal
Others
0551
Lakshmi Shankar
P01049
0869
H
F
H
1926
khyal
Others
2193
Lakshmi, Shankar
P01049
0869
H
F
H
1926
khyal
Others
2834
Shankar, Lakshmi
P01049
0869
H
F
H
1926
khyal
Others
0557
Lall, Vidya
P01058
0878
H
F
H
1920
khyal
Others

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