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
1678
Channamma, C.
P00514
0290
C
F
H
1913
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
1677
Channakeshaviah, Natanahalli
P00505
0280
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
0229
Devendrappa, B.
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
1676
Changkoti, Keshab
P00512
0288
H
M
H
1930
tabla
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1675
Chandrasekhariah, R.
P00511
0287
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
0227
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
1674
Chandrasekharaiah, M.S.
P00510
0286
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1924
khyal
1673
Chandrasekharaiah, Attoney S.
P00509
0285
C
M
H
1905
vina
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
P00604
0393
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1672
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
P00508
0284
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1671
Chandrasekaran, M.
P00055
0283
C
M
H
1937
violin
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1670
Chandrappa. S
P00507
0282
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
M
1918
khyal
1669
Chandramouli, Kerlepalem
P00506
0281
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
1668
Chandrakala, B.S.
P00505
0280
C
F
H
1931
violin
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1667
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
P00503
0278
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
1666
Chandra Singh
P00504
0279
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
1665
Chanda Hussein Khan
P00502
0277
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
0217
Desai, Nidhara
0390
H
F
H
1927
khyal
1664
Chaliha, Parag
P00498
0273
H
M
H
1924
Others
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
1663
Chakravarty, Manash
P00495
0270
H
M
H
1949
khyal
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1902
khyal
1662
Chakravartym Bharati
P00496
0271
H
M
H
1946
khyal
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
1661
Chakravarti, Aparna
P00494
0269
H
F
H
khyal
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
1660
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
P00490
0265
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
1659
Butt. Sanna Allah
P00489
0264
H
M
M
1912
rabab
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
1658
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
P00488
0263
C
M
H
1898
violin
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
1657
Bundu Khan
P06119
0261
H
M
H
sitar
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
1656
Brinda, T.
P00484
0258
C
F
H
1912
Vocal
0208
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1655
Brahmaish Sastry, Sishtu
P00483
0257
C
M
H
1910
violin
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
P00028
0376
H
M
H
1919
khyal
1654
Bose, Sunil
P00480
0254
H
M
H
1915
khyal
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
1653
Bose, Ila
P00478
0252
H
F
H
1936
khyal
Others
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
1652
Bordoli Kalpana
P00477
0251
H
F
H
1946
khyal
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
1651
Bordolai, Sundor
P00476
0250
H
M
H
1916
sitar
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
1650
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
1649
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
0201
Das, Ram Saran
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1648
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
P00474
0247
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
P00582
0366
O
M
H
1919
1647
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
P00473
0246
H
M
H
1955
khyal
0199
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
M
H
1924
khyal
1646
Biswas Joya
P00470
0243
H
M
H
1930
sitar
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1961
khyal
1645
Biswas, Debabrata
P00471
0244
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
1644
Biswas Anil
P00469
0242
H
M
H
1914
Others
0196
Das, Gunada
P00575
0359
H
F
H
1939
khyal
1643
Bismillah Khan
P00014
0241
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
0195
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1642
Bisht,Krishna
P00468
0240
H
M
H
1944
khyal
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
1641
Binapani Misra
P00467
0239
H
F
H
1935
khyal
Others
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
1640
Bina Devi
P00466
0238
H
F
H
1932
Others
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
1639
Bilagi Pyarabai
P00465
0237
H
F
H
1899
Others
0191
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
P00566
0350
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
1638
Bhuyan, Durgaprasad
P00463
0235
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
1637
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0189
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
1636
Bhullan Khan
P00462
0234
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
0188
Dakshinamurty, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
1635
Bhowmick, K.N.
P00460
0232
H
M
H
1940
tabla
0187
Dakshinamurthy, B.
P00563
0347
C
M
H
1928
violin
1634
Bhowmik Ila
P00461
0233
H
F
H
khyal
Others
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
1633
Bhosale, Shipatarao Abaji
P00459
0231
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
clarinet
flute
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
P00561
0345
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1632
Bhorwani, Parshram P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
P00079
0344
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
1631
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Shuddasarang)
P00447
0219
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
1630
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
P00041
0218
H
F
H
1914
khyal
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
P06042
0341
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
1629
Bholanath Prasnana
P00446
0217
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
0181
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
P00558
0338
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai

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