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
2959
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
P01936
1801
C
F
H
1928
vina
2601
Rajeswari, Menon
P01947
1812
C
M
H
1925
vina
3047
Vasantha Saravanan
P01958
1824
C
M
H
1925
vina
3072
Venkatachalam C.A.
P01971
1838
C
M
H
1926
vina
1473
Ajit Singh
P00274
0029
H
M
H
1933
vchitra vina
vina
0239
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
P00628
0418
H
M
H
1894
vchitra vina
dilruba
dilruba
0307
Gopala Krishna
P00033
0513
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
1880
Gopalkrishna
P00033
0513
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
0627
Misra, Lal Mani
P01164
0990
H
M
H
1924
vchitra vina
sitar
sitar
1097
Sivarama Panicker, Varikayil
P01804
1663
O
M
H
1912
timila
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
1727
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
0321
Govindaraja Pillai, P
P00747
0548
C
M
H
1911
tavil
1911
Govindraja Pillai, P
P00747
0548
C
M
H
tavil
0602
Marimutha Pillai, G.
P01122
0945
C
M
H
1909
tavil
2265
Marimutha Pillai, G
P01122
0945
C
M
H
1909
tavil
2382
Nainasami, Senthil S.
P01231
1063
C
M
H
tavil
1051
Shanmugasundram pillai, Valangaiman A.
P01552
1399
C
M
H
1920
tavil
0004
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
0008
H
M
M
1872
tabla
1455
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
0008
H
M
M
1873
tabla
0008
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
0012
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1459
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
0012
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0012
Afaque Husain Khan
P00263
0018
H
M
M
1930
tabla
1463
Afaque Husain Khan
P00263
0018
H
M
M
1930
tabla
1465
Agai Maseet Khan
P00265
0020
H
M
M
1941
tabla
0017
Ahmed 'Thirakwa'
P00271
0026
H
M
M
1891
tabla
0026
Alla Rakka Qureishi
P00004
0044
H
M
M
1919
tabla
1485
Alla Rakha Qureish
P00004
0044
H
M
M
1919
tabla
0031
Ameer Hussein Khan
P00293
0051
H
M
M
1901
tabla
1317
Ameer Mohammad Khan
P00294
0052
H
M
M
1930
tabla
1489
Ameer Mohammad Khan
P00294
0052
H
M
M
1930
tabla
1493
Amir Mohammad Khan(Mehar Piya)
P00294
0052
H
M
M
1930
khyal
Others
tabla
1610
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
0112
H
M
H
1917
tabla
0071
Babu Khan Alwarwale
P00347
0114
H
M
M
1929
tabla
1541
Babu Khan Alwarwale
P00347
0114
H
M
M
1929
tabla
1543
Badri Maharaj
P00349
0116
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0090
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
P00380
0148
H
M
H
1892
tabla
1571
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
P00380
0148
H
M
H
1892
tabla
1332
Bhattacharya, Ashutosh
P00403
0174
H
M
H
1917
tabla
0108
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
1931
tabla
1593
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
tabla
2293
Mirajakar, Babasaheb Ghudulal
P00417
0188
H
M
H
1925
tabla
dholak
1598
Bhatt Dalpat Kumar (Rajkamal)
P00420
0191
H
M
H
1940
tabla
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
P00429
0200
H
M
H
1931
tabla
1612
Bhattacharya, Bibekananda
P00430
0201
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
1625
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
0133
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
1632
Bhorwani, Parshram P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
1635
Bhowmick, K.N.
P00460
0232
H
M
H
1940
tabla
0142
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
1649
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
0143
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
1650
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
1337
Chakrabarty, Mangobinda
P00491
0266
H
M
H
1896
tabla
1700
Chamma Khan
P00499
0274
H
M
M
1927
tabla
1676
Changkoti, Keshab
P00512
0288
H
M
H
1930
tabla
1679
Chari, Prabhakar Govind
P00516
0292
H
M
H
1926
tabla
1681
Chatterjee, Prabir Kumar
P00519
0295
H
M
H
1948
tabla
1682
Chatterjje Sankha Kumar
P00520
0296
H
M
H
1936
tabla
1717
Chopra, Vinod Kumar
P00552
0332
H
M
H
1948
tabla
0208
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1756
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
1761
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
0234
Dhoolji Khan
P00622
0412
H
M
M
1902
tabla
1788
Dhoolji Khan
P00622
0412
H
M
M
1902
tabla
0237
Dixit, Bhau Seheb
P00625
0415
H
M
H
1927
tabla
1791
Dixit, Bhau Sadeb
P00625
0415
H
M
H
1927
tabla
0251
Faqir Chand
P00644
0436
H
M
H
1933
tabla
1810
Faquir Chand
P00644
0436
H
M
M
1933
tabla
0253
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
P00650
0442
H
M
H
1932
tabla
1816
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
P00650
0442
H
M
H
1932
tabla
0263
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
P00665
0457
H
M
H
1911
tabla
1829
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
P00665
0457
H
M
H
1911
tabla
0264
Ganguly, Tarum Kumar
P00666
0458
H
M
H
1935
tabla
1831
Gunguly, Tarum Kumar
P00666
0458
H
M
H
1935
tabla
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
P00676
0470
H
M
H
1902
tabla
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
1363
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
P00688
0482
H
M
H
1919
tabla
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
2456
Nizamuddin Khan
P05900
0493
H
M
M
1938
tabla
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1871
Gokhale,Laji (Madhusudan Raghunath)
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1905
Govind Ram
P00740
0541
H
M
H
1922
tabla
pakhavaj
0333
Gulam Hussain
P00765
0566
H
M
M
1906
tabla
1922
Gulam Hussain
P00765
0566
H
M
M
1906
tabla
1928
Gundlur Kashinath Sannaveerappa
P00770
0571
H
M
H
1934
tabla
0357
Hiremathm Gadigeyya Shivayya
P00794
0598
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1952
Hiremath, Gadigeyya Shivayya
P00794
0598
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1955
Hoogar, Malleshappa Channappa
P00796
0601
H
F
H
1925
tabla
1958
Hukum Chand
P00799
0604
H
M
H
1934
tabla
1965
Indorkar, Mahadev Narayan
P00806
0611
H
M
H
1932
tabla
1373
Iqbal Hussein Khan
P00809
0614
H
M
M
1935
tabla
0367
Ismail Daddoo Khan
P00812
0617
H
M
M
1936
tabla
1970
Ismail Daddoo Khan
P00812
0617
H
M
M
1937
tabla
1959
Ikram Hussain Khan
P00816
0621
H
M
M
1935
tabla
0372
Jadhav, Pandarinath
P00822
0627
H
M
H
1930
tabla

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