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
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
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
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

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