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 Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P00329
0074
0092
Apte, Sadashiv Dattatraya
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00389
0130
0158
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01256
0958
1090
Narayana Rao, Arakere
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01033
0728
0852
Kuppuswamy Mudaliar, Kancheepuram, T.
C
M
H
1905
mridangam
P00531
1348
0308
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01251
0695
1083
Narayana Bhagavathar, N,V,
C
M
Others
1905
Vocal
P00531
0246
0308
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P06011
0584
0915
Mallic, Ram Chatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
Others
P01251
0951
1083
Narayana Bhagavathar, N.V.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01809
0744
1669
Pandy, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
P06011
0894
0915
Mallick, Ramchatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
P00023
0696
1084
Narayana Iyendar, A.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P01824
0823
1684
Purohit, Jagannathbua (Guni Das)
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00023
0952
1084
Narayana Iyengar, A.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P01802
0856
1661
Rajagopala Sarma, Turaiyur M.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P00383
0096
0152
Banerjee, Ramesh Chandra
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
P00784
0500
0588
Hari Sankara Bagavathar, M.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01069
0567
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
Others
1905
khyal
P01802
1133
1661
Rajagopalasarma, Turaiyur, M.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P05928
1328
0163
Barodekar, Hirabai
H
F
H
1905
khyal
Others
P01069
1385
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
Others
P05928
0132
0163
Barodekar, Hirabai Manikrao
H
F
H
1905
khyal
Others
P01069
0765
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
P01489
0973
1334
Sankarasivam C.S.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01203
0657
1031
Mullick, Pamkaj Kumar
O
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01280
0720
1115
Natu Govind Narayan
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01489
1298
1334
Sankarasivam, C.S.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01573
1076
1423
Shukla, Jagannath
O
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01728
1276
1583
Venkateswarlu, Kuchibhotla
C
F
H
1905
mridangam
P01255
0699
1088
Narayana Marar, P.M.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
edakka
P01280
0982
1115
Natu, Govind Narayan
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
Others
P01573
1417
1423
Shukla, Jagannath
O
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01728
1651
1583
Venkateswarlu Kuchinhotla
C
M
H
1905
mridangam
P00817
1135
0622
Srirangam Iyengar, R.
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01255
0956
1088
Narayana Marar, P.M.
H
M
H
1905
edakka
P00817
1483
0622
Sriramasarma Iyengar, R.
C
M
H
1905
P01220
0672
1051
Nagabhushanam, Nori
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01308
1404
1144
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00343
0089
0109
Azmbai, Dadasaheb Pisal
H
F
H
1904
khyal
Others
P01848
1077
1710
Shukla, Narendrarai N.
H
M
H
1904
dhrupad
khyal
P01395
0854
1233
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P01985
1279
1853
Venkatrao, Ramadurga
H
M
H
1904
khyal
Others
P00530
0166
0307
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
P01395
1130
1233
Rajagopala Iyer, Maruthuvakkudi S.
N/A
M
H
1904
P00530
0245
0307
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
P00597
0213
0384
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00472
0168
0245
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
P00564
0189
0348
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00597
0314
0384
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
khol
P00064
1383
0853
Kurdikar, Mogubai
H
F
H
1904
khyal
P01215
0668
1045
Muthuraja Iyendar, S.
C
M
H
1904
ghatam
P01510
1001
1355
Satyanarayanamurthi, Arirala
C
M
H
1904
violin
P01898
1277
1762
Sadasicam Pillai, Sirkali K.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00564
0282
0348
Dakshinmurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00064
0729
0853
Kurdikar, Mogubai
H
F
H
1904
khyal
P01215
0919
1045
Muthuraja Iyengar, S.
C
M
H
1904
ghatam
P01326
0770
1163
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P01373
0830
1211
Puttaswamayya, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01510
1332
1355
Satyanarayanamurthi, Aripirala
C
M
H
1904
violin
P01326
1048
1163
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P01373
1105
1211
Puttaswamiah, T.M.
C
M
H
1904
mridangam
P01794
1431
1653
Sriengam Iyengar, Madurai R.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00737
0314
0538
Goswami, Sudhamay
H
M
H
1904
khyal
P01794
1484
1653
Srirengam Iyengar,Madurai R.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P01840
0947
1702
Roy, R.L.
H
M
H
1904
Others
P00737
0453
0538
Goswami, Sudhamay
H
M
H
1904
khyal
P00359
0076
0126
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.K.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00359
0102
0126
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.V.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00080
0143
0249
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00359
0115
0126
Balakrishna Iyengar T.K.
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00080
0202
0249
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00343
0067
0109
Azambai, Dadasaheb Pisal
H
F
H
1904
khyal
P00752
0468
0553
Govindaswamy Pillai, Chidambaram
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01166
0635
0992
Misra, Protap Narayan
H
M
H
1903
pakhavaj
P00590
1357
0375
Dastidar, Anadi Kumar
O
M
H
1903
Vocal
P01166
0873
0992
Mitra, Protap Narayan
H
M
H
1903
pakhavaj
P01294
0728
1129
Neelakantha Iyer, Kalidas N.
C
M
H
1903
vina
P00879
0414
0692
Joshi, Narayan Bando
H
M
H
1903
khyal
dhrupad
P01294
0996
1129
Neelakantha Iyer, Kalidas
C
M
H
1903
Vocal
P01731
1281
1586
Venugopala Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P00879
0577
0692
Joshi, Narayan Bando
H
M
H
1903
khyal
P01206
0910
1034
Mundle, Vishnu Narayan
H
M
H
1903
khyal
P01731
1658
1586
Venugopala Pillai, S,
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P00337
0065
0103
Atre, Vishnu Shamrao
H
M
H
1903
khyal
P01686
1218
1539
Vadayar, Mantena Veeranna
C
M
H
1903
kanjira
P00337
0085
0103
Atre, Vishau Shamarao
H
F
H
1903
khyal
P01686
1575
1539
Vadayar, Mantena Veeranna
C
M
H
1903
kanjira
P01787
1139
1644
Subbramaniya, D.
C
M
H
1903
Vocal
P01349
0801
1187
Pichai Kannu Pillai, Engikudi A.K.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01787
1489
1644
Subbaramaiya, D.
C
M
H
1903
Vocal
P00955
0472
0773
Keshava Murthy, R.S.
C
M
H
1903
vina
P01349
1076
1187
Pichai Kannu Pilai, Engikudi A.K.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P00641
1435
0433
Sundaramma, Mallavalli
C
F
H
1903
Vocal
P00955
0651
0773
Keshavamurthy, R,S,
C
M
H
1903
vina
P01625
1142
1477
Subbarao, Dhenuvakonda
C
M
H
1903
Vocal
P01734
1284
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P00641
1513
0433
Sundramma, Mallavalli
C
F
H
1903
Vocal
P00947
0645
0764
Kelekar, Girijabai
H
F
H
1903
khyal
P01625
1491
1477
Subbarao, Dhenuvakonda
C
M
H
1903
Vocal
P01734
1663
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin

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