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
P00514
0230
0290
Channamma, C.
C
F
H
1913
P00617
0230
0407
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal
P00505
0229
0280
Channakeshaviah, Natanahalli
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
P00010
0229
0406
Devendrappa, B.
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
P00512
0228
0288
Changkoti, Keshab
H
M
H
1930
tabla
P00616
0228
0405
Devarajan, Paravur G.
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
P00511
0227
0287
Chandrasekhariah, R.
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
P00614
0227
0403
Desikachar, V.
C
M
H
1924
flute
P00510
0226
0286
Chandrasekharaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
P00613
0226
0402
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00509
0225
0285
Chandrasekharaiah, Attoney S.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P00604
0225
0393
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00508
0224
0284
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
P00609
0224
0398
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00055
0223
0283
Chandrasekaran, M.
C
M
H
1937
violin
P00608
0223
0397
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00507
0222
0282
Chandrappa. S
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
P00607
0222
0396
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
H
M
M
1918
khyal
P00506
0221
0281
Chandramouli, Kerlepalem
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
P00606
0221
0395
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00505
0220
0280
Chandrakala, B.S.
C
F
H
1931
violin
P00605
0220
0394
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00503
0219
0278
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
P00603
0219
0392
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
H
M
H
1890
Others
P00504
0218
0279
Chandra Singh
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
P00602
0218
0391
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P00502
0217
0277
Chanda Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
0217
0390
Desai, Nidhara
H
F
H
1927
khyal
P00498
0216
0273
Chaliha, Parag
H
M
H
1924
Others
P00601
0216
0389
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P00495
0215
0270
Chakravarty, Manash
H
M
H
1949
khyal
P06082
0215
0388
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P00496
0214
0271
Chakravartym Bharati
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P00600
0214
0387
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
H
M
H
1926
Others
P00494
0213
0269
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal
P00597
0213
0384
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00490
0212
0265
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P00092
0212
0383
Dawood, Shaikh
H
M
M
1916
tabla
P00489
0211
0264
Butt. Sanna Allah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00596
0211
0382
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00488
0210
0263
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P00594
0210
0380
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
H
M
H
1917
Others
P06119
0209
0261
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P00595
0209
0381
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
P00484
0208
0258
Brinda, T.
C
F
H
1912
Vocal
P00592
0208
0378
Datta, Kanai
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P00483
0207
0257
Brahmaish Sastry, Sishtu
C
M
H
1910
violin
P00028
0207
0376
Dastur, Firoz B.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00480
0206
0254
Bose, Sunil
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00589
0206
0374
Dasgupta, Sushil
H
M
H
1923
flute
P00478
0205
0252
Bose, Ila
H
F
H
1936
khyal
Others
P00587
0205
0372
Dasgupta, Krishna
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
P00477
0204
0251
Bordoli Kalpana
H
F
H
1946
khyal
P05927
0204
0371
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P00476
0203
0250
Bordolai, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00586
0203
0370
Dasappa, G.R.
C
M
H
1912
P00080
0202
0249
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00585
0202
0369
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00475
0201
0248
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00583
0201
0367
Das, Ram Saran
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P00474
0200
0247
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00582
0200
0366
Das, Raghab Chandra
O
M
H
1919
P00473
0199
0246
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00581
0199
0365
Das, Mira
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00470
0198
0243
Biswas Joya
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00578
0198
0362
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
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
P00469
0196
0242
Biswas Anil
H
M
H
1914
Others
P00575
0196
0359
Das, Gunada
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P00014
0195
0241
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00574
0195
0358
Das, Balkrishna
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00468
0194
0240
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P00573
0194
0357
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
P00467
0193
0239
Binapani Misra
H
F
H
1935
khyal
Others
P00570
0193
0354
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
P00466
0192
0238
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
Others
P00569
0192
0353
Dantale, Govindrao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
P00465
0191
0237
Bilagi Pyarabai
H
F
H
1899
Others
P00566
0191
0350
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
P00463
0190
0235
Bhuyan, Durgaprasad
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00567
0190
0351
Damle, Anant Shankar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
P00464
0189
0236
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P00564
0189
0348
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00462
0188
0234
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
P00565
0188
0349
Dakshinamurty, V.
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
P00460
0187
0232
Bhowmick, K.N.
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P00563
0187
0347
Dakshinamurthy, B.
C
M
H
1928
violin
P00461
0186
0233
Bhowmik Ila
H
F
H
khyal
Others
P00562
0186
0346
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
C
M
H
1924
tavil
P00459
0185
0231
Bhosale, Shipatarao Abaji
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
clarinet
flute
P00561
0185
0345
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
P00458
0184
0230
Bhorwani, Parshram P.
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00079
0184
0344
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
P00447
0183
0219
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Shuddasarang)
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
P06047
0183
0342
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P00041
0182
0218
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
H
F
H
1914
khyal
P06042
0182
0341
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P00446
0181
0217
Bholanath Prasnana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00558
0181
0338
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai

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