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 - WWP ID - WWIM ID - Name - H / C - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal - Instrument
P01319
1156
0764
Pareek, Badri Narain
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
P01319
1156
2489
Pareek, Badri Narain
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
P01320
1157
0765
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
P01320
1157
2490
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1970
pakhavaj
P01827
1687
0824
Purushottam Das
H
M
H
1910
pakhavaj
P00762
0563
1921
Gujarati, Bithal Das
H
M
H
1931
pakhavaj
P01843
1705
0958
Sakharam, Tawde
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
P00340
0106
1447
Ayoddhya Prasad
H
M
H
1892
pakhavaj
P01874
1736
2660
Ramdas
H
M
H
1916
pakhavaj
P01368
1206
0820
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
P01368
1206
2549
Pujapanda, Kashi Nath
H
M
H
1920
pakhavaj
P01097
0918
2341
Mallik, Chandra Kumar
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
P02154
0314
1702
Chhatrapati Singh
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
P00559
0339
1355
Chuttan Lal
H
M
H
1925
pakhavaj
P00560
0340
1724
Chuttanlal, Chandalal
H
M
H
1927
pakhavaj
P00424
0195
1894
Gopal Singh, Parvat Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
ghatam
P00424
0195
0308
Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
guitar
P01672
1525
3003
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
H
M
H
pakhavaj
harmonium
P01071
0891
2215
Lolita Bhagat
O
F
H
1930
piano
P00489
0264
0153
Butt, Sanna Ullah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00489
0264
1659
Butt. Sanna Allah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00695
0490
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
O
M
M
1907
santur
P06027
1408
1059
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P06027
1408
2849
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P01469
1312
2712
Roy, Kalyani
H
M
H
1931
santur
P00695
0490
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
H
M
M
1907
santur
P00699
0495
1367
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P00699
0495
1864
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P01143
0967
0625
Misra, Baijnath Prasad
H
M
H
1915
sarangi
P01143
0967
2305
Mishra, Baji Nath Prasad
H
M
H
1915
sarangi
P01290
1125
2440
Nazar Hussein Khan(Nazzoo)
H
M
M
1933
sarangi
P01144
0968
2296
Mishra, Bhawani Prasad
H
M
H
1922
sarangi
P05968
1255
0913
Rama Narayan
H
M
H
1927
sarangi
P05968
1255
2665
Ram Narain
H
M
H
1928
sarangi
P00034
0973
0620
Mishra, Gopal 1
H
M
H
1920
sarangi
P00037
0975
1393
Mishra, Hanuman Prasad
H
M
H
1914
sarangi
P00037
0975
2299
Mishra, Hanuman Prasad
H
M
H
1914
sarangi
P01152
0978
2300
Mishra, Kishori Prasad
H
M
H
1928
sarangi
P06724
1395
1046
Shakoor Khan
H
M
M
1917
sarangi
P06724
1395
1425
Shakoor Khan
H
M
M
1916
sarangi
P01170
0997
0638
Mohammad Ahmad Banne
H
M
M
1919
sarangi
P01170
0997
2324
Mohammad Ahmed Banne
H
M
M
1919
sarangi
P01031
0850
0535
Kunte, Anant Krishnaji
H
M
H
1930
sarangi
P01031
0850
2174
Kute, Anant Krishnaji
H
M
H
1930
sarangi
P01036
0856
0540
Laddan Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
P01036
0856
2180
Laddam Khan
H
M
H
1934
sarangi
P01183
1010
2335
Moinuddin Khan
H
M
M
1932
sarangi
P01207
1035
0661
Munir Khan 1
H
M
M
1923
sarangi
P01208
1036
2359
Munir Khan(Munnu) 2
H
M
M
1911
sarangi
P05663
0880
2204
Latif Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sarangi
P00501
0276
0158
Chanda Hussain
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P00502
0277
1665
Chanda Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
P06043
1315
0952
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P06043
1315
2721
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P00810
0615
1968
Iqbat Hussein Khan
H
F
M
1929
sarangi
P01093
0914
2238
Malhotra, Mast Ram Yogi
H
M
H
1908
sarangi
P01498
1343
0983
Sardar Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarangi
P01498
1343
2756
Sardar Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarangi
P00674
0468
1368
Ghulam Sabir Dadri
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
P00674
0468
1863
Ghalam Sabir Dadri
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
P06806
0002
0002
Abdul Khadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P06806
0002
1452
Abdul Kadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P06123
0006
1453
Abdul Latif Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
P00693
0488
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P06819
0488
1366
Ghulam Jafar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00693
0488
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00694
0489
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00694
0489
0331
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00694
0489
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00764
0565
1924
Gulam Hassan Sofi
H
M
M
1940
sarangi
flute
santur
P01551
1398
2833
Shamshddin Khan
H
M
M
1916
sarangi
tabla
P00708
0507
1369
Golwalkar, Madhukar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00708
0507
1875
Golwalkar, Madhkar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00270
0025
0016
Ahmad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1938
sarod
P00270
0025
1470
Ahmadali Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarod
P00572
0356
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
H
F
H
1946
sarod
P05930
0038
0022
Ali Akbar Khan
H
M
M
1922
sarod
P00285
0040
1334
Bhattacharya, Jotin
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P00285
0040
1611
Bhattacharya, Jotin
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P00285
0040
3159
Bhattacharaya, Jotin
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P01999
1868
3140
Vyas, Ratnakar Shankarrao
H
M
H
1930
sarod
P00005
0045
0027
Allaudin Khan (Alam)
H
M
M
1862
sarod
P05927
0371
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P05927
0371
1750
Dasgupta, Buddhave
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P05908
0058
0035
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P05908
0058
1494
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1945
sarod
P02319
1402
1054
Sharan Rani
H
F
H
1929
sarod
P02319
1402
2842
Sharan Rani
H
F
H
1929
sarod
P00890
0703
0421
Kabra, Damodar Lal
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P06159
1667
3154
Yaqub Ali Khan
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00890
0703
2037
Kabram Damodar Lal
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P01462
1305
0933
Rehmat Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P01462
1305
2699
Renmat Ali Khan
H
M
M
1940
sarod
P05786
0579
0343
Hafiz Ali Khan
H
M
M
1880
dhrupad
sarod
P00646
0438
1811
Firods Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P00352
0119
0073
Bahadur Khan
H
M
M
1929
sarod
P00352
0119
1545
Bahadar Khan
H
M
M
1931
dhrupad
khyal
others
sarod
P00655
0447
1448
Ganguly, Shyam
H
M
H
sarod
P00655
0447
1830
Ganduly, Shyam
H
M
H
1911
sarod
P00669
0461
0270
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod

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