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

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