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
1578
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
P00389
0158
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
0130
Bholanath Prassana
P00446
0217
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
1577
Bangari Bai
P00388
0157
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
0129
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
P06203
0216
H
M
H
1919
khyal
1576
Banerjee, Tinkari
P00386
0155
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
1575
Banerjee, Tarun
P00385
0154
H
M
H
1927
Others
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
929
khyal
1574
Banerjee, Prasun
P00382
0151
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
0126
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
P00439
0210
H
M
H
1926
khyal
1573
Banerjee, Nikhil
P00071
0150
H
M
H
1931
sitar
0125
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
P00414
0185
C
M
H
1924
violin
1572
Banerjee, Meera
P00381
0149
H
F
H
1932
Others
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
P00433
0204
H
M
H
1936
sitar
0123
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
0015
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
1571
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
P00380
0148
H
M
H
1892
tabla
1570
Banerjee, Gopal
P00379
0147
H
M
H
1925
khyal
Others
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
P00429
0200
H
M
H
1931
tabla
1569
Banerjee, Birendranath
P00378
0146
H
M
H
1918
sarod
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
0120
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
P00292
0050
H
M
H
1937
Others
1568
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
P00377
0145
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
1567
Banerjee, Amiya Ranjan
P00376
0144
H
F
H
9127
khyal
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
P00427
0198
H
M
H
1929
sitar
1566
Banerjea, Kanika (Mohar)
P00375
0143
H
F
H
1925
Vocal
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
1565
Bandyopadhyaya, S
P00374
0142
H
M
H
1911
khyal
0117
Bhatt, Manju
P00425
0196
H
F
H
1945
sitar
1564
Balsara, Vistasp
P00373
0141
H
M
H
1922
Others
others
harmonium
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
P00423
0194
H
M
H
1884
khyal
Others
1563
Balakrishna Iyengar T.K.
P00359
0126
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
0115
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
P00422
0193
H
M
H
1914
khyal
1562
Bali, Madan Lal
P00371
0139
H
M
H
1929
khyal
0114
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
P00421
0192
H
M
H
1921
khyal
1561
Bali, Harish Chandra
P00370
0138
H
M
H
1906
khyal
0113
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
P00415
0186
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
1560
Balasubramanyam S
P00369
0137
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
0112
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
P00416
0187
C
M
H
1936
violin
1559
Balasubrabmaya Sarma, Mamillapalli Sury
P00366
0134
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
0111
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
P00412
0183
H
M
H
1908
sitar
surbahar
1558
Balasubramaniam, M.
P00368
0136
C
M
H
1927
violin
0110
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
P00411
0182
H
M
H
1928
Others
1557
Bahasubramaniam, Madurai M.
P00354
0121
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
0109
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
P00410
0181
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
1556
Balasubbarayaloo, Trichy
P00365
0133
C
M
H
1917
violin
0108
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
1931
tabla
1555
Balasaraswati, T.
P00364
0132
C
F
H
1918
Vocal
0107
Bhagavathi, T.S.
P00408
0179
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
1554
Balambal, J.
P00363
0130
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0106
Behera, Narayan
P00406
0177
C
M
M
1917
vina
1553
Balakrishnier, Madras
P00362
0129
C
M
H
1888
violin
0105
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
P00405
0176
H
F
H
1914
Others
1552
Balakrishnan, Pailakondiahm P
P00361
0128
C
M
H
1914
Vocal
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
1551
Balakrishna, Calakudy N.S.
P00360
0127
C
M
H
1931
violin
flute
0103
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
P00401
0172
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
1550
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.V.
P00359
0126
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
0102
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
P06804
0160
H
M
H
1918
khyal
1549
Balachander S
P00358
0125
C
M
H
1927
vina
0101
Barve, Manahar G.
P00396
0167
H
M
H
1910
khyal
1548
Bakshi, Haresh Ananiprasad(Haridas Swami)
P00357
0124
H
M
H
1938
khyal
0100
Barodekar, Kamalabai
P00393
0164
H
F
H
1909
khyal
Others
1547
Bajentri, Bhimasen Duragappa
P00355
0122
H
M
H
1932
khyal
0099
Bari Moti Bai
P00391
0161
H
F
H
1901
Others
1546
Bagchi, Anil
P00351
0118
H
M
H
1908
khyal
Others
0098
Bapu Rao (Nadanand)
P00390
0159
H
M
H
1889
sitar
1545
Bahadar Khan
P00352
0119
H
M
M
1931
dhrupad
khyal
Others
sarod
0097
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
P00389
0158
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
1544
Badshah Makarand Satya Prasad
P00350
0117
H
M
H
1912
khyal
bin
sitar
0096
Banerjee, Ramesh Chandra
P00383
0152
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
1543
Badri Maharaj
P00349
0116
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0095
Banerjee, Tarun
P00385
0154
H
M
H
1927
Others
1542
Badkar, Mirabai
P00348
0115
H
F
H
1916
khyal
0094
Bangari Bai
P00388
0157
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
1541
Babu Khan Alwarwale
P00347
0114
H
M
M
1929
tabla
0093
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
P00384
0153
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
1540
Babu Iyengar
P00346
0113
C
M
H
1913
mridangam
kanjira
jaltarang
0092
Banerjee, Prasum
P00382
0151
H
F
H
1926
khyal
1539
Azim Lewis
P00344
0110
O
M
O
1933
others
0091
Banerjee, Meera
P00381
0149
H
F
H
1932
khyal
1538
Azambai Hukker
P00342
0108
H
F
H
1930
khyal
Others
0090
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
P00380
0148
H
M
H
1892
tabla
1537
Azmbai, Dadasaheb Pisal
P00343
0109
H
F
H
1904
khyal
Others
0089
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
P00377
0145
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
1536
Awasthi, Surendra Shanlar
P00339
0105
H
M
H
1929
khyal
0088
Banerjea, Kanika (Mohar)
P00375
0143
H
F
H
1925
Vocal
1535
Ayyamani Oyer, C.K.
P00341
0107
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
0087
Bandopadhyaya, Shripada
P00374
0142
H
M
H
1911
khyal
sitar
1534
Sharma, Tulidas (Atul Prem)
P00338
0104
H
M
H
1916
khyal
Others
0086
Bali, Madan Lal
P00371
0139
H
M
H
1929
khyal
1533
Atre, Vishau Shamarao
P00337
0103
H
F
H
1903
khyal
0085
Bali, Harish Chandra
P00370
0138
H
M
H
1906
khyal
1532
Atra, Prabha
P05988
0102
H
F
H
1932
khyal
Others
0084
Balasubramaniam, M.
P00368
0136
C
M
H
1927
violin
1531
Athavale, V.R.
P00336
0101
H
M
H
1918
khyal
Others
0083
Balasubrahmanya Sarma, Mahillapalli Surya
P00367
0135
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
1530
Ata Hussein Khan(Ratan)
P00335
0100
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
0082
Balasubbarayaloo, Trichy
P00365
0133
C
M
H
1917
violin
1529
Aswathanarayana Sastry H.K.
P00334
0099
C
M
H
1921
violin
0081
Balamurali Krishna, Mangalampalli
P05924
0131
C
M
H
1930
Vocal

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