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 - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01367
1097
1205
Prem Vallabh
H
F
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P01556
1426
1403
Shardul Sihgh, Saheb Singh Ragi
H
M
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P01945
1199
1810
Thokchom Angouba Singh
H
M
H
1892
tabla
pakhavaj
P01841
0948
1703
Roy Choudhury, Birendra Kishore (Khoka Maharaj)
H
M
H
1903
dhrupad
bin
rabab
sursringar
P01197
0900
1024
Mukherji, Pranav Kumar
H
M
H
1927
flute
sahanai
P00764
0476
0565
Gulam Hassan Sofi
H
M
M
1940
sarangi
santur
flute
P01551
1385
1398
Shamshddin Khan
H
M
M
1916
tabla
sarangi
P01466
0949
1309
Roy Choudhury, Rabi
H
M
H
1915
violin
sarod
P00350
0096
0117
Badshah Makarand Satya Prasad
H
M
H
1912
khyal
bin
sitar
P00377
0089
0145
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
P00377
0120
0145
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
P00636
0353
0427
Doshi, A.V.
H
M
H
1923
sarod
sitar
P06007
0362
0608
Imarat Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1935
surbahar
sitar
P06007
0514
0608
Imrat Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1935
surbahar
sitar
P01083
0578
0904
Maiitra, Radhika Mohan
H
M
H
1917
sarod
sitar
P01164
0627
0990
Misra, Lal Mani
H
M
H
1924
vchitra vina
sitar
sitar
P01165
0634
0991
Misra, Maya
H
F
H
1932
vina
sitar
P00003
1000
0057
Nilufer, Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sitar
surbahar
P00412
0111
0183
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
H
M
H
1908
sitar
surbahar
P00412
0148
0183
Bhanja Chaudhuri, Sushil Kumar
H
M
H
1907
sitar
surbahar

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