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
P00376
0119
0144
Banerjee, Amiya Ranjan
H
F
H
9127
khyal
P01320
1042
1157
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1970
pakhavaj
P01512
1002
1357
Satyanarayanamurty, Dwaram
C
M
H
1963
violin
P01512
1333
1357
Satyanarayanamurtym Dwaram
C
M
H
1963
violin
P00578
0198
0362
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
khyal
P01847
1029
1709
Seshagiri Das, Sosale
C
M
H
1960
kanjira
P00670
0388
0463
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
C
F
H
1959
vina
P00473
0199
0246
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00273
0024
0028
Ajit Merchant
H
M
H
1952
khyal
Others
P00789
0499
0593
Haripriya, B.(Hyderabad Sisters)
C
F
H
1952
Vocal
P01149
0850
0974
Mishra, Gopal 2
H
M
H
1950
tabla
P01086
0782
0907
Majumder, Abhijit Kumar(Sarnajeet)
H
M
H
1950
tabla
P01054
0750
0874
Lalitha, B.(Hyderabad Sisters)
C
F
H
1950
Vocal
P00495
0215
0270
Chakravarty, Manash
H
M
H
1949
khyal
P00554
0275
0334
Choudaman, A
C
M
H
1949
Vocal
P00075
1056
1169
Parveen, Sultana
H
F
M
1948
Others
P00552
0269
0332
Chopra, Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P01135
0839
0958
Meera,Nathan
C
F
H
1948
Vocal
P00519
0233
0295
Chatterjee, Prabir Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P00075
0778
1169
Parwen, Sultana
H
F
H
1948
Others
P01778
1420
1635
Sarvajeet
H
M
H
1947
sitar
P00643
0360
0435
Easwaran, Manargudi
C
M
H
1947
mridangam
P05973
0035
0058
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P00457
1152
0229
Rajeswari, G.K.
C
M
H
1947
Vocal
P00646
0363
0438
Firods Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P01462
0933
1305
Rehmat Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P01998
1691
1867
Vyas, Pranlal
H
M
H
1946
Others
P01989
1671
1857
Vijayalakshmi Sarma, Chivukula
C
F
H
1946
Vocal
P06737
0756
0880
Latif Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sarangi
P00593
0309
0379
Datta, Rash Behari
H
M
H
1946
sitar
P01641
1167
1494
Suresh, B.N.
C
M
H
1946
flute
P00003
1000
0057
Nilufer, Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sitar
surbahar
P01641
1517
1494
Suresh, B.N.
C
M
H
1946
flute
P00496
0214
0271
Chakravartym Bharati
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P01768
0759
1624
Pradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P00477
0204
0251
Bordoli Kalpana
H
F
H
1946
khyal
P00580
0295
0364
Das, Minakshi
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
P01768
1036
1624
Paradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P00572
0287
0356
Daroowal, Zarin S.
H
F
H
1946
sarod
P01974
1635
1842
Venkataramaiah, B.G.
C
M
H
1945
violin
P01544
1040
1389
Shah, Mahendra Kantilal
H
M
H
1945
Others
P01544
1375
1389
Shah, Mahendra Kantilal
H
M
H
1945
Others
P01906
1351
1770
Selvanarayan, M.T.
C
M
H
1945
Vocal
P05973
0046
0058
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1945
sarod
P00425
0117
0196
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00425
0157
0196
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00518
0232
0294
Chatterjee, Debi Prasad
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P01081
0778
0902
Maharaj Prakash
H
M
H
1945
tabla
P02000
1694
1869
Vyas, Vidyadhar Narayanrao (Athulvyas)
H
M
H
1944
khyal
Others
P00468
0194
0240
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P01951
1577
1816
Vaidianathan, V.A.
C
M
H
1944
nagasvaram
P00588
0304
0373
Dasgupta, Mira
H
F
H
1944
khyal
P00268
0019
0023
Agrawal, Sudha
H
M
H
1943
Others
P00792
0502
0596
Hazarika, Jayanta
H
M
H
1943
Others
P01285
0987
1120
Nawab Khan
H
M
M
1943
tabla
P01563
1064
1412
Shastri, Rushikumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01563
1406
1412
Shastri, Rushikumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P00576
0291
0360
Das, Kalipada
O
M
H
1943
Vocal
P01950
1571
1815
Usha Sagar
C
F
H
1943
Vocal
P01922
1467
1786
Sridevi, Padmanabhan
C
F
H
1943
Vocal
P00732
0456
0532
Goswami Utpala
H
M
H
1943
dhrupad
khyal
P01247
0948
1079
Narasimhan, N.
C
M
H
1943
gottuvadyam
P01683
1215
1536
Upadhyay, Jawahar Dinanath
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01683
1567
1536
Upadhyay, Jawahar Dinanath
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01082
1386
0903
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01865
1174
1727
Ramachandran, Palai
C
M
H
1943
Vocal
P01082
0779
0903
Maharana, Banmali
H
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P02001
1696
1870
Wadegaonkar,Gopal
H
M
H
1942
tabla
P00549
0271
0329
Choudhury, Bela
H
F
H
1942
khyal
Others
P01210
0662
1038
Munir Khatoon Begum
H
F
M
1942
khyal
P01901
1293
1765
Sankaran, Trichy S.
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
P01742
1292
1597
Vinayakaraman, T.H.
C
M
H
1942
ghatam
P00443
0178
0214
Bhil Divaliben
H
M
H
1942
Others
P01742
1675
1597
Vinayakram, T.H.
C
M
H
1942
ghatam
P01903
1326
1767
Satyavati Ammula
C
F
H
1942
violin
P00910
0612
0726
Kamala, Vishwanathan
C
F
H
1942
Vocal
P01581
1427
1431
Sita Ram Prapancham
C
M
H
1942
flute
P00307
0054
0068
Ananthapadmanabha Rao: N
C
M
H
1942
Vocal
P01079
0776
0900
Mahanta, Khagendra Nath
O
M
H
1942
Vocal
P01581
1428
1431
Sita Ram, Oraoancham
C
M
H
1942
flute
P01952
1580
1818
Vaidyanathan, L.
C
M
H
1942
violin
P00292
0161
0050
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1942
Others
P01661
1187
1514
Tevani, Laxmishanker K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
violin
P00330
0058
0093
Aravindakshan, M.K.
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P00448
1015
0220
Padmalochana, Nagarajam
C
F
H
1941
Vocal
P01158
0865
0984
Mishra, Ramji 2
H
F
H
1941
tabla
P01661
1541
1514
Tevani, Laxmishankar K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
vina
P00330
0075
0093
Araviadakshan M.K.
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P00440
0175
0211
Bhave, Shamala G.
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
P01915
1391
1779
Shantha, Chakravarthy
C
M
H
1941
Vocal
P00909
0610
0724
Kamala, Ramamurthy
C
F
H
1941
Vocal
P01918
1433
1782
Sivakumar,Iswaran
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P05933
1399
1049
Nag Manilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P01935
1506
1800
Suguna, Purushotaman
C
F
H
1941
Vocal
P05977
1160
0483
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
P05933
0923
1049
Nag, Monilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P01514
1005
1359
Satyavathi, Lakshminarayana
C
M
H
1941
violin
P00265
0017
0020
Agai Maseet Khan
H
M
M
1941
tabla
P01514
1328
1359
Satyavathi, Lakshminarayana
C
F
H
1941
violin
P01323
0767
1160
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal

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