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
P00465
0191
0237
Bilagi Pyarabai
H
F
H
1899
Others
P00566
0191
0350
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
P00466
0192
0238
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
Others
P00569
0192
0353
Dantale, Govindrao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
P00467
0193
0239
Binapani Misra
H
F
H
1935
khyal
Others
P00570
0193
0354
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
P00468
0194
0240
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P00573
0194
0357
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
P00014
0195
0241
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00574
0195
0358
Das, Balkrishna
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00469
0196
0242
Biswas Anil
H
M
H
1914
Others
P00575
0196
0359
Das, Gunada
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P00471
0197
0244
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
P00577
0197
0361
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
P00470
0198
0243
Biswas Joya
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00578
0198
0362
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
khyal
P00473
0199
0246
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00581
0199
0365
Das, Mira
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00474
0200
0247
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00582
0200
0366
Das, Raghab Chandra
O
M
H
1919

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