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
P00669
0461
1834
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00378
0146
1569
Banerjee, Birendranath
H
M
H
1918
sarod
P01466
1309
2716
Roy Choudhury, Rabi
H
M
H
1915
sarod
others
P00636
0427
1801
Doshi, A.V.
H
M
H
1923
sarod
sitar
P01083
0904
0578
Maiitra, Radhika Mohan
H
M
H
1917
sarod
sitar
P01466
1309
0949
Roy Choudhury, Rabi
H
M
H
1915
sarod
violin
P00410
0181
0109
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00410
0181
1594
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00282
0037
1480
Ali Ahmed Hussein
H
M
M
1939
shahanai
P00284
0039
1316
Ali Hussaun
H
M
M
1914
shahanai
P00284
0039
1482
Ali Hussein
H
M
M
1915
shahanai
P06080
0062
0045
Anant Lal
H
M
H
1932
shahanai
P06080
0062
1509
Anant Lal
H
M
H
1932
shahanai
P00014
0241
0138
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00014
0241
1643
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P01700
1553
1234
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P01700
1553
3041
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P01477
1321
0957
Sajjad Hussain
H
M
M
1920
shahanai
P01477
1321
2729
Sajjad Hussain
H
M
M
1920
shahanai
P01238
1070
0684
Nanda Lall
H
M
H
1902
shahanai
P01238
1070
2387
Nanda Lall
H
M
H
1902
shahanai
P01238
1070
2389
Nand Lal
H
M
H
shahanai
P00961
0779
0476
Khaladkar, Baburao Ganptrao
H
M
H
1916
shahanai
P00961
0779
2105
Khaladkar, Babrao Ganpatrao
H
M
H
1918
shahanai
P00446
0217
0130
Bholanath Prassana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00446
0217
1629
Bholanath Prasnana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00459
0231
1633
Bhosale, Shipatarao Abaji
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
flute
clarinet
P00698
0494
2610
Rama Rao,N.R.
H
F
H
1927
sitar
P00269
0024
1468
Agrawal, Vinay Kumar
H
M
H
1933
sitar
P06104
0497
0287
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P01130
0953
0613
Mavlankar S.R.
H
M
H
1915
sitar
P06104
0497
1866
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P01130
0953
2281
Mavlankar, S.R.
H
M
H
1915
sitar
P01407
1246
0870
Rajbhan Singh, Thakur
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01407
1246
2598
Rajbhan Singh, Thakur
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00276
0031
1475
Akhtar Khan
H
M
M
1936
sitar
P01411
1251
0874
Rajkhowa, Satish Chandra
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P01778
1635
1420
Sarvajeet
H
M
H
1947
sitar
P01411
1251
2605
Rajkhowa, Satish Chandra
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P01778
1635
2768
Sarbajeet
H
M
H
1917
sitar
P01987
1855
3110
Verma R.D.
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00425
0196
0117
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00425
0196
1605
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00427
0198
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00427
0198
1608
Bhatt, Shashi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00022
0046
0164
Chaubey, Debabrata
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P00433
0204
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00433
0204
1616
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00868
0680
0403
Jhala, Sukhrajsinh Pathubha
H
M
H
1924
sitar
P00868
0680
2013
Jhala, Sukharajsinh pathubha
H
M
H
1924
sitar
P01793
1651
0821
Pajari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P01793
1651
2550
Pujari, Dhananjaya Hari Bhau
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P01160
0986
0631
Misra, Suresh
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P00736
0537
0313
Goswami, Jash Karan
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P01160
0986
2314
Mishra, Suresh
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P00593
0379
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
H
M
H
1946
sitar
P06012
0988
0624
Mishra, Umashankar
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P06012
0988
2304
Mishra, Uma Shankar
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01165
0991
2320
Misra, Maya
H
F
H
1932
sitar
P00878
0691
0411
Joshi, Dhruva Tara
H
M
H
1914
sitar
P00878
0691
2021
Joshi, Dhruva Tara
H
M
H
1914
sitar
P01167
0993
2318
Mistry, Kanubhai S.
H
F
H
1939
sitar
P00029
0536
0312
Goswami, Gohan Chandra
O
M
H
1900
vocal
sitar
P00736
0537
1900
Goswami, Jash Karan
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P00891
0704
0422
Kadam, Baburao Haribhaz
H
M
H
1917
sitar
P00891
0704
2038
Kadam, Baburao Haribhau
H
M
H
1917
sitar
P01564
1413
1065
Shastri, Sharadkumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1933
sitar
P01564
1413
2855
Shastri,Sharadkumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1933
sitar
P01321
1158
0766
Parikh, Arvind N.
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01321
1158
2491
Parikh, Arvind Natvarlal
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01814
1674
1424
Pathan, Sarwarkhan
H
M
M
1930
sitar
P00470
0243
1646
Biswas Joya
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00007
0085
0052
Annapurna
H
F
H
1927
sitar
P01191
1018
1395
Mukherjee, Bimal Chandra
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01191
1018
2241
Mukherjee, Bimal Chandra
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01192
1019
0651
Mukherjee, Bimalendu
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P01192
1019
2343
Mukherjee, Bimalendu
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P00326
0089
0054
Anwarkhan Bhikankhan Pathan
H
M
M
1917
sitar
P00326
0089
1520
Anwarkhan Bhikankhan Pathan
H
M
M
1917
sitar
P00476
0250
0144
Bordolayee, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00760
0561
1920
Gudihal, Ramchandra Vijayadas
H
M
H
1912
sitar
P00476
0250
1651
Bordolai, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00761
0562
0332
Gudihal, Ramrao Vijayadas
H
M
H
1910
sitar
P01196
1023
2350
Mukherjee, Sunil Kumar
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P00479
0253
0146
Bose, Joya
H
F
H
1941
sitar
P00621
0411
1359
Dhar, Anil Chandra
H
M
H
1919
sitar
P06507
1300
0930
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06507
1300
1415
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06507
1300
2695
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P06119
0261
0150
Bundu Khan
H
M
M
1907
sitar
P06119
0261
1657
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P05978
1175
0783
Pathak, Balaram
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P05978
1175
2510
Pathak, Balram
H
M
H
1928
sitar
P01469
1312
0945
Roy, Kalyani
H
F
H
1931
sitar
P05933
1049
1399
Nag Manilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P05933
1049
2371
Nag, Monilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P01222
1053
0674
Nagar, Mohan Ram
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P01222
1053
2374
Nagar, Mohan Ram
H
M
H
1921
sitar
P00518
0294
1680
Chatterjee, Debi Prasad
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P01605
1456
1115
Sopori, Shambhoo Nath
H
M
H
1919
sitar

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