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
1778
Deshpande, Vasudeo
P00612
0401
H
M
H
1927
khyal
Others
0330
Goyari Sunam Chandra
P00759
0560
O
M
H
1925
Vocal
1777
Deshpande, Vasant Shivaram
P00611
0400
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0329
Gowripathi Sastri, Sistu
P00758
0559
C
M
H
1913
vina
1776
Deshpande, Vaman Hari
P00610
0399
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0328
Gowrikumari, M.G.
P00757
0558
C
F
H
1931
vina
1775
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0327
Gowri, Kuppuswamy
P00756
0557
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
1774
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0326
Govindaswami Naicker, V.
P00751
0552
C
M
H
1915
violin
1773
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0325
Govindaswamy, M.S.
P00753
0554
C
M
H
917
Vocal
1772
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0324
Govindasamy Phillai, C.V.
P00750
0551
C
M
H
1901
nagasvaram
1771
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0323
Govindarajan, S.(Tiruvizhimizhalai Brothers Jr.)
P00749
0550
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
1770
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
0322
Govindaraja Pillai, V.R.
P00748
0549
C
M
H
1912
violin
1769
Desai, Thakorbhai Khushalbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
0321
Govindaraja Pillai, P
P00747
0548
C
M
H
1911
tavil
1768
Desai, Nildhara
0390
H
M
H
1927
khyal
0320
Govindaraja Baghavather, M.K.
P00746
0547
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
1767
Desai, Chatanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
0319
Govindan Nambisan, Kadatha Nadu
P00745
0546
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
1766
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1901
khyal
0318
Govinda Vaier, K.S.
P00744
0545
C
M
H
1920
mridangam
1765
Deo, Yeshwant
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
0317
Govinda Pillai, Kanji Puram
P00742
0543
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
1764
Deo, Rajabhau
P00599
0386
H
M
H
1917
khyal
Others
0316
Gourhari Singh Laishram
P00739
0540
H
M
H
1908
Others
1763
Dayal Singh
P00598
0385
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
bin
0315
Goswami, Sukhendu
P00738
0539
H
M
H
1911
khyal
1762
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
khol
0314
Goswami, Sudhamay
P00737
0538
H
M
H
1904
khyal
1761
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
0313
Goswami, Jash Karan
P00736
0537
H
M
H
1935
sitar
1760
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshankar
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
0312
Goswami, Gohan Chandra
P00029
0536
O
M
H
1900
Vocal
sitar
1759
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
0311
Goswami, Chandrakala
P00735
0535
H
F
H
1936
khyal
1758
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
0310
Goswami, Brashmanand(Brahmarang)
P00734
0534
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
P00593
0379
H
M
H
1946
sitar
0309
Goswami,Brashmanand(Brahmarang)
P00733
0533
H
M
H
1912
Others
0308
Gopal Singh
P00424
0195
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
guitar
1756
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1755
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
H
M
H
1935
Others
0307
Gopala Krishna
P00033
0513
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
1754
Dastur, Firoz Bejanji(Feredoon)
P00028
0376
H
M
M
1919
khyal
0306
Gopal Das 1
P06529
0510
H
M
H
1926
pakhavaj
tabla
1753
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
0305
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
P00726
0526
C
M
H
Vocal
1752
Dasgupta, Mira
P00588
0373
H
F
H
1944
khyal
0304
Gopalam, Annavarapu
P00724
0524
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
ghatam
kanjira
1751
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1938
khyal
Others
0303
Gopala Nair, Shertallai R.
P00714
0514
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
1750
Dasgupta, Buddhave
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
0302
Gopalakrishnan, Tripunithura Viswanathan
P00722
0522
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
1749
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
0301
Gopalakrishnan, R.S.
P00721
0521
C
M
H
1918
violin
1748
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Sachin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
dhrupad
0300
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
P00720
0520
C
M
H
1931
violin
1747
Das, Reba
P00584
0368
H
M
H
1934
khyal
Others
0299
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
P00719
0519
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
1746
Das, Ram Saram
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0298
Gopalakrishna Panicker, K.
P00718
0518
C
M
H
1914
nagasvaram
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
P00717
0517
C
M
H
1883
violin
1745
Raghab Chandra
P01829
1689
H
M
H
1922
Others
1744
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
F
H
1924
khyal
0296
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
P00716
0516
C
M
H
1902
Vocal
1743
Das, Minakshi
P00580
0364
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
0295
Gopala Rao, L.
P00715
0515
C
M
H
1918
vina
1742
Das, Lakshahira(Chanu)
P00579
0363
H
M
H
1933
Others
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
P00710
0509
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
1741
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
P00706
0505
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1740
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
khyal
1739
Das, Kalipada
P00576
0360
O
M
H
1943
Vocal
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1738
Das, Gamada
P00575
0359
H
M
H
1939
khyal
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
P00704
0502
H
M
H
1894
khyal
1737
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
Others
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
P00703
0501
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
1736
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
0288
Girija Devi
P00032
0498
H
F
H
1929
khyal
Others
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
P00572
0356
H
F
H
1946
sarod
0287
Giri Raj
P06104
0497
H
M
H
1938
sitar
1734
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
natu(kashmiri-instrument)
0286
Ginde, Krishna
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
1733
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
0284
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
P00529
0305
H
M
M
1933
khyal
1732
Dandapani, Anayampatty
P00568
0352
C
M
H
1926
violin
jaltarang
1731
Damel, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
H
M
M
1907
santur
1730
Dakshinmurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
1729
Dakshinamurthy, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi

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