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
1878
Gopal Das 2
P00712
0511
H
M
H
1932
Others
0430
Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar, M.A.
P00900
0715
C
M
H
1918
Vocal
1877
Gomati, Vishwanathan
P00710
0509
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0429
Kalpakam, Swaminathan
P00043
0714
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1876
Gomathi Ramasubramanyam
P00709
0508
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
0428
Kalpakam, S.
P00899
0713
C
F
H
1917
violin
1875
Golwalkar, Madhkar
P00708
0507
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
0427
Kakoty, Jyotirmoy
P00894
0708
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
0426
Kakati, Jnanada
P00557
0337
N/A
F
H
1925
Vocal
1874
Gokhle, Sharad Ghanashyam
P00707
0506
H
M
H
1940
khyal
Others
1873
Gokhale, Padamavati Anant
P00706
0505
H
F
H
1920
khyal
Others
0425
Kaikini, Dinkar
P00024
0707
H
M
H
1927
khyal
1872
Gokhale, Mukund Govind
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
0424
Kagalker, Vyankatesh Atmaram
P00892
0705
H
M
H
1902
khyal
1871
Gokhale,Laji (Madhusudan Raghunath)
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
0423
Kagalkar, Gulabbai
P00893
0706
H
M
H
1924
khyal
dhrupad
1870
Gnanasundram, C.P.
P00703
0501
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
0422
Kadam, Baburao Haribhaz
P00891
0704
H
M
H
1917
sitar
1869
Gnanam, Subrahmanyam
P00702
0500
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
0421
Kabra, Damodar Lal
P00890
0703
H
M
H
1926
sarod
1868
Girraj Prasad
P00701
0499
H
M
H
1920
Others
0420
Joshi-Mangalwedhekar, Dattopant
P00875
0687
H
M
H
1906
pakhavaj
1867
Girijadevi
P00032
0498
H
F
M
1929
khyal
Others
0419
Joshi, Trikamray Gangram
P00885
0698
H
M
H
1923
tabla
1866
Giri Raj
P06104
0497
H
M
H
1938
sitar
0418
joshi, Sheshgiri Vashdev
P00884
0697
H
M
H
1912
khyal
1865
Ginde, Krishna G.
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
0417
Joshi, Ramkrishna
P00883
0696
H
M
H
1908
khyal
1864
Ghulam Sabir Khan
P00699
0495
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
0416
Joshi, Ramakant
P00882
0695
H
M
H
1917
khyal
1863
Ghalam Sabir Dadri
P00674
0468
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
0415
Joshi, Narayan Rao Ramchandra
P00880
0693
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1862
Ghulam Quadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1917
dhrupad
khyal
0414
Joshi, Narayan Bando
P00879
0692
H
M
H
1903
khyal
dhrupad
1861
Chaulam Mustafa Khan
P00529
0305
H
M
M
1933
khyal
0413
Joshi, Govin Narayan
P00729
0529
H
M
H
1909
khyal
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
O
M
M
1907
santur
0412
Joshi, Gajanan Rao
P06726
0599
H
M
H
1911
khyal
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
0411
Joshi, Dhruva Tara
P00878
0691
H
M
H
1914
sitar
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
0410
Joshi, Chandulal Dhirajlal
P00877
0690
H
M
H
1937
Others
1857
Ghalam Ahmed Khan
P06805
0467
H
M
M
1928
sitar
0409
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururaj
P00013
0689
H
M
H
1922
khyal
Others
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
0408
Joshi, Anant Manohar
P05952
0688
H
M
H
1882
khyal
1855
Gosh-Dastidar Nitya Priya
P00731
0531
H
M
H
1920
dhrupad
khyal
0407
Joseph, Sebastian K.
P00873
0685
C
M
O
1920
Vocal
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
P00690
0485
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
0406
Joglekar, Dattatraya Ganesh
P00871
0683
H
M
H
1915
khyal
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
P00689
0484
H
F
H
1922
khyal
Others
0405
Joga Rao, Kavirayani
P00826
0631
C
M
H
1928
vina
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
0404
Jog, Vishnu Govind
P00869
0681
H
M
H
1922
violin
1851
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
P00688
0482
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0403
Jhala, Sukhrajsinh Pathubha
P00868
0680
H
M
H
1924
sitar
1850
Ghoshm Lalita
P00687
0481
H
F
H
1933
Others
0402
Jha, Raghu
P00867
0679
H
M
H
1912
khyal
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
Others
0401
Jayaraman, Viravanallur Sundaram
P00865
0677
C
M
H
1940
mridangam
1848
Gosh, Ardhendu
P00640
0432
H
M
H
1914
violin
0400
Jayaraman, Lalgudi G.
P00864
0676
C
M
H
1930
violin
1847
Ghose. Asrukuna
P00683
0477
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
Others
0399
Jayarama Iyer,T.K.
P00863
0675
C
M
H
1894
violin
1846
Ghose, Santidev
P00682
0476
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
0398
Jayammal, Tanjore*
P00862
0674
C
F
H
1891
Vocal
1845
Ghose, Rathin
P00681
0475
H
M
H
1902
Others
0397
Jayamma, Narayana Rao
P00861
0673
C
F
H
1925
vina
1844
Ghose Dastidar, Bijan
P00680
0474
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0396
Jayalakshmi, Santhanam
P00857
0669
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
P00679
0473
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
0395
Jayalakshmi
P00848
0658
C
F
H
1934
Vocal
1842
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
0394
Jaya,G.R.
P00846
0656
C
M
H
1940
Vocal
1841
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
P00677
0471
H
M
H
1915
khyal
0393
Jawali, Sheelavant Shankarappa
P00845
0655
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
P00676
0470
H
M
H
1902
tabla
0392
Jaswal, Balwant Rai
P00844
0654
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
0391
Jasraj, Pandit
P00074
0653
H
M
H
1930
khyal
1838
George, K.S.
P00673
0466
C
M
Others
1927
Vocal
0390
Janorikar, Trimbak Dattatraya
P00843
0652
H
M
H
1921
khyal
1837
Gazder, Ali
P00671
0464
O
M
M
1930
others
0389
Janardana Sastry, Jandhyala
P00842
0651
C
M
H
1926
mridangam
1836
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
P00670
0463
C
F
H
1959
vina
0388
Janakiraman, S.R.
P00087
0650
C
M
H
1928
1835
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
P05853
0462
H
M
H
1924
khyal
Others
0387
Janakiram, V.L.
P00841
0649
C
M
H
1931
vina
1834
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
P00669
0461
H
M
H
1935
sarod
0386
Janakidevi, Rayaprolu
P00840
0648
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
1833
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
P00667
0459
H
M
H
1908
khyal
0385
Janaki, Komattil
P00839
0647
C
F
H
1923
Vocal
1832
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
P00663
0455
H
F
H
Others
0384
Janaki, Hariharan S.
P00836
0643
C
F
H
1931
vina
1831
Gunguly, Tarum Kumar
P00666
0458
H
M
H
1935
tabla
0383
Jambaldinni, Siddharam
P00835
0642
H
M
H
1918
khyal
1830
Ganduly, Shyam
P00655
0447
H
M
H
1911
sarod
0382
Jalajakshamma, R.
P00833
0639
C
F
H
1932
Vocal
1829
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
P00665
0457
H
M
H
1911
tabla
0381
Jaiopurwale, Laxman Prasad
P00831
0637
H
M
H
1922
khyal

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