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
P01326
1163
2496
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00080
0249
0143
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00080
0249
1650
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P01840
1702
0947
Roy, R.L.
H
M
H
1904
others
P01848
1710
1077
Shukla, Narendrarai N.
H
M
H
1904
dhrupad
khyal
P00343
0109
0067
Azambai, Dadasaheb Pisal
H
F
H
1904
khyal
P00343
0109
1537
Azmbai, Dadasaheb Pisal
H
F
H
1904
khyal
others
P01215
1045
0668
Muthuraja Iyendar, S.
C
M
H
1904
ghatam
P01215
1045
2367
Muthuraja Iyengar, S.
C
M
H
1904
ghatam
P00359
0126
0076
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00359
0126
1550
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.V.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00359
0126
1563
Balakrishna Iyengar T.K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01898
1762
2725
Sadasicam Pillai, Sirkali K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00530
0307
0166
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
P00530
0307
1693
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
P01373
1211
0830
Puttaswamayya, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01373
1211
2553
Puttaswamiah, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01510
1355
1001
Satyanarayanamurthi, Arirala
C
M
H
1904
violin
P01510
1355
2780
Satyanarayanamurthi, Aripirala
C
M
H
1904
violin
P01395
1233
0854
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01395
1233
2578
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi S.
N/A
M
H
1904
P00699
0495
1367
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P00699
0495
1864
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P01280
1115
0720
Natu Govind Narayan
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01280
1115
2430
Natu, Govind Narayan
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
others
P01776
1633
1149
Subramanya Sastry, Putcha Venkata
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01776
1633
2946
Subrahmanya Sastry, Pucha Venkata
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01308
1144
1404
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01308
1144
2471
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01802
1661
0856
Rajagopala Sarma, Turaiyur M.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01802
1661
2581
Rajagopalasarma, Turaiyur, M.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01033
0852
2176
Kuppuswamy Mudaliar, Kancheepuram, T.
C
M
H
1905
mridangam
P01809
1669
0744
Pandy, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
P01824
1684
0823
Purohit, Jagannathbua (Guni Das)
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01573
1423
1076
Shukla, Jagannath
O
M
H
1905
vocal
P01573
1423
2865
Shukla, Jagannath
O
M
H
1905
vocal
P00329
0092
0057
Apte, Sadashiv Dattatraya
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00329
0092
1522
Apte, Sadashiv Dattatraya
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01203
1031
0657
Mullick, Pamkaj Kumar
O
M
H
1905
vocal
P00784
0588
1948
Hari Sankara Bagavathar, M.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01069
0889
0567
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
P01069
0889
1385
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
others
P01069
0889
2213
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
P01220
1051
0672
Nagabhushanam, Nori
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01220
1051
2372
Nagabhushanam, Nori
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00509
0285
1673
Chandrasekharaiah, Attoney S.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P01728
1583
1276
Venkateswarlu, Kuchibhotla
C
F
H
1905
mridangam
P01728
1583
3099
Venkateswarlu Kuchinhotla
C
M
H
1905
mridangam
P01489
1334
0973
Sankarasivam C.S.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01489
1334
2746
Sankarasivam, C.S.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00531
0308
1348
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00531
0308
1694
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P06011
0915
0584
Mallic, Ram Chatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
others
P06011
0915
2342
Mallick, Ramchatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
P00817
0622
1135
Srirangam Iyengar, R.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00817
0622
2931
Sriramasarma Iyengar, R.
C
M
H
1905
P01251
1083
0695
Narayana Bhagavathar, N,V,
C
M
O
1905
vocal
P01251
1083
2399
Narayana Bhagavathar, N.V.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00023
1084
0696
Narayana Iyendar, A.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P00023
1084
2400
Narayana Iyengar, A.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P00383
0152
0096
Banerjee, Ramesh Chandra
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
P01255
1088
0699
Narayana Marar, P.M.
C
M
H
1905
vocal
edakka
P01255
1088
2404
Narayana Marar, P.M.
H
M
H
1905
edakka
P00389
0158
0097
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01256
1090
0701
Narayana Rao, Arankere
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00389
0158
1578
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01256
1090
2406
Narayana Rao, Arakere
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P05928
0163
1328
Barodekar, Hirabai
H
F
H
1905
khyal
others
P05928
0163
1580
Barodekar, Hirabai Manikrao
H
F
H
1905
khyal
others
P01530
1375
1023
Sen, Jitendra Mohan
H
M
H
1906
bin
surbahar
sitar
P01530
1375
2802
Sen, Jitendra Mohan
H
M
H
1906
bin
surbahar
sitar
P01539
1384
1034
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
vina
flute
violin
P01539
1384
2816
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
vina
flute
violin
P00072
1134
0732
Nisar Husain Khan
H
M
M
1906
khyal
P01299
1135
0733
Nizamuddin,Peer
H
M
M
1906
others
P01299
1135
2457
Nizamuddin, Peer
H
M
M
1906
others
P00875
0687
0420
Joshi-Mangalwedhekar, Dattopant
H
M
H
1906
pakhavaj
P00875
0687
2034
Joshi-Mangalwedhekar, Dattopant
H
M
H
1906
pakhavaj
P01680
1533
1211
Umashankar Prasad
H
M
H
1906
dhrupad
P01680
1533
3012
Umashankar Prasad
H
M
H
1906
dhrupad
P01803
1662
0880
Ramachandra Shastry, H
C
M
H
1906
flute
P01560
1409
1061
Sharma, Uma Dutt
H
F
H
1906
khyal
others
P01560
1409
2851
Sharma, Uma Dutt
H
F
H
1906
khyal
others
P01043
0863
0547
Lakshmana Rao, Mullapudi
C
M
H
1906
mridangam
P01043
0863
2188
lakshmana Rao, Mullapudi
C
M
H
1906
mridangam
P00765
0566
0333
Gulam Hussain
H
M
M
1906
tabla
P00765
0566
1922
Gulam Hussain
H
M
M
1906
tabla
P00767
0568
0335
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
others
P00767
0568
0336
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P00770
0571
1925
Gune, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P00089
0262
0151
Burman, Sachin Dev
O
M
H
1906
vocal
P00790
0594
0355
Harisankara Bhagavathar
C
M
H
1906
vocal
P01723
1578
1266
Venkataramanaiah, S.
C
M
H
1906
violin
P01723
1578
3087
Venkataramanaiah, S.
C
M
H
1906
violin
P01487
1331
0968
Sankaran, T.
C
M
H
1906
vocal
P01487
1331
2740
Sankaran, T.
C
M
H
1906
vocal
P00370
0138
0085
Bali, Harish Chandra
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P00370
0138
1561
Bali, Harish Chandra
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P01376
1214
0833
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram
P01376
1214
2557
Radhakrishna Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1906
nagasvaram