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 - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01629
1500
1482
Subramania Pillai, Thiruvengadu
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
P00767
0335
0568
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
others
P00767
0336
0568
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P01487
0968
1331
Sankaran, T.
C
M
H
1906
Vocal
P01931
1494
1795
Subba Rao Putcha
C
M
H
1907
mridangam
P00686
0401
0480
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
Others
P00412
0148
0183
Bhanja Chaudhuri, Sushil Kumar
H
M
H
1907
sitar
surbahar
P00542
0172
0320
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
P00719
0299
0519
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
P01180
0643
1007
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
Vocal
khol
P06042
0182
0341
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P00695
0283
0490
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
H
M
M
1907
santur
P00719
0439
0519
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
P01180
0884
1007
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
Vocal
khol
P00608
0223
0397
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00695
0412
0490
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
O
M
M
1907
santur
P00608
0326
0397
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P01153
0853
0979
Mishra, Mahadeo Prasad
H
M
H
1907
dhrupad
khyal
Others
P01171
0877
0998
Mohd. Ayub Khan
H
M
M
1907
harmonium
tabla
ghatam
P01037
0541
0857
Laher, Temurasp Aspandiarji
H
M
H
1907
sitar
dilruba

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