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 Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01173
0640
1000
Mohammad Khan, Bade Ali Khan
H
M
M
1907
bin
surbahar
sitar
P01173
0880
1000
Mohammed Khan, Bande Ali Khan
H
M
M
1907
bin
surbahar
sitar
P06035
0667
1043
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
sitar
surbahar
P06035
0917
1043
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
sitar
surbahar
P01530
1023
1375
Sen, Jitendra Mohan
H
M
H
1906
sitar
surbahar
bin
P01530
1354
1375
Sen, Jitendra Mohan
H
M
H
1906
sitar
surbahar
bin
P00651
0369
0443
Gajendragadkar, Arvind Ramachandra
H
M
H
1928
flute
svaramandal
P01774
0776
1631
Parvatikar, D.R.
H
M
H
1916
sitar
svaramandal
P00302
0037
0063
Ananta Swamy
C
M
H
1920
mridangam
tabla
P00401
0103
0172
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
P00401
0140
0172
Bayle, Bhanudas Mukundrao
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
P00424
0156
0195
Bhatt, Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
tabla
guitar
P00435
0165
0206
Bhattacharya. Chitta Ranjan
H
M
H
1920
sitar
tabla
P00462
0134
0234
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
P00462
0188
0234
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
P00530
0166
0307
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
P00530
0245
0307
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
P06455
1349
0314
Chhatrapati Singh
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
tabla
P06529
0306
0510
Gopal Das 1
H
M
H
1926
pakhavaj
tabla
P06529
0445
0510
Gopaldas
H
M
H
1926
pakhavaj
tabla
P01082
1386
0903
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01082
0779
0903
Maharana, Banmali
H
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01108
0590
0931
Mania, Ramchandra
H
M
H
1892
harmonium
tabla
P01108
0803
0931
Mania Ramchandra
H
F
H
1892
harmonium
tabla
P01171
0877
0998
Mohd. Ayub Khan
H
M
M
1907
harmonium
tabla
ghatam
P01331
0777
1168
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nikanta
H
M
H
1929
tabla
tabla
P01475
0956
1319
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
violin
tabla
P01475
1279
1319
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
violin
tabla
P01538
1032
1383
Seshappa, D.
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
tabla
P01538
1366
1383
Seshappa, D.
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
tabla
P00093
1041
1390
Shah, Occhavalah S.
H
M
H
1927
dilruba
tabla
violin
P00093
1376
1390
Shah, Ochhavalah S.
H
M
H
1927
dilruba
tabla
vina
P01988
1661
1856
Verma, Govindram
H
M
H
1914
pakhavaj
tabla
P00558
0181
0338
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
P00558
0274
0338
Chowdhuri, Priya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
P00708
1369
0507
Golwalkar, Madhukar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00708
0427
0507
Golwalkar, Madhkar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00628
0345
0418
Doctor, Hirjibhai R
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vchitra vina
vina
P01695
1227
1548
Vanaja, Iyengar
C & H
F
H
1935
violin
vchitra vina
vina
P01695
1584
1548
Vanaja, A. Iyengar
C & H
F
H
1935
violin
vchitra vina
vina
P00274
0025
0029
Ajit Singh
H
M
H
1933
vchitra vina
vina
P00281
0489
0036
Aldar Shikharesh.
H
M
H
1939
surbahar
vina
P00033
0307
0513
Gopala Krishna
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
P00033
0432
0513
Gopalkrishna
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
P00110
0957
1089
Narayana Menon, Vatakke Kurupeth
C
M
H
1911
vina
P01539
1034
1384
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
violin
vina
flute
P01539
1368
1384
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
violin
vina
flute
P01661
1541
1514
Tevani, Laxmishankar K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
vina
P01774
1055
1631
Parwatikar, Ram Dutt
H
M
H
1916
dattatreya
vina
sitar
P01441
1204
1282
Ramaswami, Annavarapu
C
M
H
1926
violin
viola
P01708
1244
1562
Vedagiri, V.L.
C
M
H
1929
violin
viola
P00328
0055
0091
Appasami Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1897
flute
violin
P00577
0197
0361
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
P00577
0292
0361
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
P00830
0380
0636
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
Others
1912
jaltarang
violin
mukur
P00830
0535
0636
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
H
1912
jaltarang
violin
P01415
0878
1256
Ramabadran, Vellore T.G.
C
M
H
1929
mridangam
violin
P01434
1197
1275
Ramanayya Setty, Suri Setti
C
M
H
1887
flute
violin
P01488
1295
1332
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
P01661
1187
1514
Tevani, Laxmishanker K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
violin

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