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
0538
Kuttanpillai. Thakazhy
P01034
0854
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0940
Ron, Mariyappa Sathyappa
P01464
1307
H
M
H
1922
flute
1564
Balsara, Vistasp
P00373
0141
H
M
H
1922
Others
others
harmonium
0135
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0429
Kalpakam, Swaminathan
P00043
0714
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2178
Kuttanpillai, Thakazhy
P01034
0854
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0738
Padmarao, M.N.
P01304
1140
H
M
H
1922
flute
2707
Ron, Mariyappa Sathappa
P01464
1307
H
M
H
1922
flute
1154
Subramaniam, Trivellore
P01631
1484
C
M
H
1922
violin
1257
Venkatakrishnan, Madurai P.M.
P01718
1572
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1461
Adinarayana, Kundala
P00261
0016
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
1637
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0178
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
2048
Kalpakum, Swaminathan
P00043
0714
C
F
H
1922
Vocal
0632
Misra, Susheela
P01161
0987
H
F
H
1922
khyal
2464
Padmarao, M.N.
P01304
1140
H
M
H
1922
flute
2949
Subramaniam, Trivellore
P01631
1484
C
M
H
1922
violin
3076
Venkatakrishnan, Madurai P.M.
P01718
1572
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0018
Alma, Mohanlal
P00272
0027
H
F
H
1922
khyal
0022
Ali Akbar Khan
P05930
0038
H
M
M
1922
sarod
1715
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
1935
Halasyam, Lalgudi
P00777
0580
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2315
Mishra, Sushhela
P01161
0987
H
F
H
1922
khyal
1048
Shamachar, B.R.
P01550
1397
C
M
H
1922
flute
3084
Vebkataramaiah,Chintakapalli
P01962
1828
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1481
Ali Akbar Khan
P05930
0038
H
M
M
1922
dhrupad
khyal
sarod
pakhavaj
tabla
0972
Sankarasastri, Emani
P00027
1333
C
M
H
1922
vina
2832
Shamachar, B.R.
P01550
1397
C
M
H
1922
flute
1500
Ananthakrishnan, Awamimalai
P00305
0066
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0473
Kesi, N.
P00957
0775
C
M
H
1922
flute
2146
Krishnamurthy, Prapancham
P01010
0829
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2745
Sankarasastri Emani
P00027
1333
C
M
H
1922
vina
1088
Sirur, Sharada Bhalchandra
P01580
1430
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0409
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururaj
P00013
0689
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
1380
Kashinath Shastrim J.L.
P00938
0755
C & H
M
H
1922
violin
2102
Kesi, N.
P00957
0775
C
F
H
1922
flute
2296
Mishra, Bhawani Prasad
P01144
0968
H
M
H
1922
sarangi
2877
Sirur, Sharada Bhalchandra
P01580
1430
H
M
H
1922
khyal
1033
Sashappa, M.S.
P01782
1639
C
M
H
1922
mridangam
others
1745
Raghab Chandra
P01829
1689
H
M
H
1922
Others
1364
Ghosh, Savitri
P00689
0484
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
2019
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururraj
P00013
0689
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
2083
Kashinath Shastri, J.L.
P00938
0755
C & H
M
H
1922
0653
Mukherjee, Hemanata Kumar
P01194
1021
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
0671
Nag, Dipali
P01219
1050
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0895
Ramanathan, Mavelikara H.
P01430
1271
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2815
Seshappa, M.S.
P01782
1639
C
M
H
1922
mridangam
others
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
P00689
0484
H
F
H
1922
khyal
Others
1905
Govind Ram
P00740
0541
H
M
H
1922
tabla
pakhavaj
0404
Jog, Vishnu Govind
P00869
0681
H
M
H
1922
violin
2345
Mukherjee, Hemanta Kumar
P01194
1021
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
2370
Nag, Dipalo
P01219
1050
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
0811
Prabhakar, M.
P01361
1199
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2641
Ramanathan, Mavelikara H.
P01430
1271
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1441
Venkateswara Rao, Ghantasala
P01981
1849
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1342
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
P00508
0284
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
P00690
0485
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
2014
Jog, Vishnu Govind
P00869
0681
H
M
H
1922
violin
2536
Prabhalar,M.
P01361
1199
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1123
Srikantan, Rudrapattanam Krishnasastry
P01613
1464
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1331
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
P00437
0208
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
Others
1672
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
P00508
0284
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
2052
Kalayanpur, Saguna
P00895
0709
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0543
Lahiri, Nilima
P01039
0859
H
F
H
1922
khyal
2917
Srikantan, Rudrapattanam Krishnasastry
P01613
1464
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
2618
Ramachandran, Ambal T.
P01863
1725
C
M
H
1922
nagasvaram
1619
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
P00437
0208
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
1798
Doraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
0359
Husan Lal
P00800
0605
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
0722
Navaneetham, S.
P01283
1118
C
M
H
1922
ghatam
1186
Terdal, Tarabai
P01660
1513
H
F
H
1922
khyal
1368
Ghulam Sabir Dadri
P00674
0468
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
0462
Kaushik, B.P.
P00942
0759
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0501
Krishnamoorthy, A.R.
P00996
0815
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0723
Navaneetham, T.R.
P01284
1119
C
M
H
1922
flute
0025
Alla Jillai Bai
P00288
0043
H
F
M
1922
thumuri
dadra
Folk music
1863
Ghalam Sabir Dadri
P00674
0468
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
2253
Manjeshwar, Kausalya Dinker
P01110
0933
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0619
Merchant, Ajit
P00105
0963
H
M
H
1922
khyal
2434
Navaneetham, T.R.
P01284
1119
C
M
H
1922
flute
1100
Sivaraman, K.K.
P01592
1442
C
M
H
1922
vina
1179
Tariqueuddin Ahemed
P01653
1506
H
M
M
1922
Others
1484
Alla Jillai Bai
P00288
0043
H
F
M
1922
Others
2071
Kapadia, Amritlal C.
P00924
0741
H
M
H
1921
tabla
2106
Khalikar, Nagesh Shankar
P00962
0780
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
0515
Krishnamoorthy, R.S.
P00998
0817
C
M
H
1921
ghatam
2155
Krishnan, Ayyalore
P01015
0834
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
0595
Manjunathan, Bangalore K.S.
P01111
0934
C
M
H
1921
ghatam
2374
Nagar, Mohan Ram
P01222
1053
H
M
H
1921
sitar
0815
Prakasarao, K.S.
P01364
1202
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2693
Ratoniya, Narayan Prasad
P01456
1298
H
M
H
1921
tabla
0821
Pajari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
P01793
1651
H
M
H
1921
sitar
1557
Bahasubramaniam, Madurai M.
P00354
0121
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2149
Krishnamurthy Rao, R.S.
P00998
0817
C
M
H
1921
ghatam
0558
Latafat Hussain Khan
P01059
0879
H
M
M
1921
khyal
2254
Manjunathan, Bangalore K.S.
P01111
0934
C
M
H
1921
ghatam
2540
Prakasarao, K.S.
P01364
1202
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
1138
Subbaraji, Rudraraju
P01623
1475
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
2550
Pujari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
P01793
1651
H
M
H
1921
sitar

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