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
P00325
1320
0088
Antonio Fortunato de Figueiredo
O
M
O
1903
others
P00325
0071
0088
Antonio Fortunato de Figueiredo
O
M
O
1903
others
P00344
1321
0110
Azim Lewis
O
M
O
1933
others
P00344
0091
0110
Azim Lewis
O
M
O
1933
others
P00386
1326
0155
Banerjee, Tinkari
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00386
0128
0155
Banerjee, Tinkari
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00397
1335
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00397
0169
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00402
0104
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P00402
0141
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P00404
1333
0175
Bhattacharya, Asutosh
O
M
H
1909
P00418
1330
0189
Bhatia, Vanraj
O
M
H
1927
P00418
0152
0189
Bhatia, Vanraj
O
M
H
1927
P00437
1331
0208
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
Others
P00437
0171
0208
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
P00451
1411
0223
Rajamannar, P.V.
O
M
H
1901
P00469
0139
0242
Biswas, Anil
O
M
H
1914
P00471
0140
0244
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
P00471
0197
0244
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
P00089
0151
0262
Burman, Sachin Dev
O
M
H
1906
Vocal
P00497
0156
0272
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
P00497
0364
0272
Falanir Mali (Chaliha Padmadir)
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
P00521
1344
0297
Chattopadhyay, Chinmay
O
M
H
1930
Vocal
P00521
0235
0297
Chattopadhyay, Chimmay
O
M
H
1930
P00546
0175
0324
Chitra Gupta
O
M
H
1919
P00546
0262
0324
Chitra Gupta
O
M
H
1919
P00555
1354
0335
Choudhury, Dwijen
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00555
0272
0335
Choudhry, Dwijen
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00556
0180
0336
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
O
F
H
1937
Vocal
P00556
0273
0336
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
O
F
H
1937
Vocal
P00570
0193
0354
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
P00570
0286
0354
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
natu(kashmiri-instrument)
P00573
0194
0357
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
P00573
0288
0357
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
P00576
0291
0360
Das, Kalipada
O
M
H
1943
Vocal
P00582
0200
0366
Das, Raghab Chandra
O
M
H
1919
P00590
1357
0375
Dastidar, Anadi Kumar
O
M
H
1903
Vocal
P00591
0250
0377
Dutta, Birendranath
O
M
H
1935
violin
P00591
1358
0377
Datta, Birendranath
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
P00597
0213
0384
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
P00597
0314
0384
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
khol
P00631
0241
0421
Dominic Pereira
O
M
Others
1900
violin
P00631
0348
0421
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
Vocal
P00649
0252
0441
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
O
M
H
1929
Vocal
P00649
0367
0441
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
O
M
H
1929
Vocal
P00671
0268
0464
Gazder, Adi Jameshed
O
M
M
1930
P00671
0389
0464
Gazder, Ali
O
M
M
1930
others
P00681
0274
0475
Ghose, Rathin
O
M
H
1920
Vocal
P00682
0275
0476
Ghose, Santiv
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
P00682
0398
0476
Ghose, Santidev
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
P00685
1365
0479
Ghosh Supriti
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
P00689
1364
0484
Ghosh, Savitri
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
P00690
0406
0485
Ghosh, Supriti
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
P00695
0412
0490
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
O
M
M
1907
santur
P00029
0312
0536
Goswami, Gohan Chandra
O
M
H
1900
Vocal
sitar
P00029
0451
0536
Goswami, Ghon Chandra
O
M
H
1900
Vocal
P00759
0330
0560
Goyari Sunam Chandra
O
M
H
1925
Vocal
P00766
0475
0567
Gulati, S.N.
O
M
H
1919
violin
P00773
1371
0574
Gupta, Sabyasaghi
O
M
H
1938
Vocal
P00814
0369
0619
Jacob, Bernard Vivian
O
M
Others
1918
P00814
0524
0619
Jacob Bernard Vivian
O
F
O
1918
P00109
0379
0635
Jaideva Singh, Thakur
O
M
H
1896
Vocal
P00870
0604
0682
Mathieson, Rev. Theedore
O
M
Others
1913
others
P00870
0823
0682
Mathieson, Rev, Theodore
O
M
O
1913
cello
P00894
0427
0708
Kakoty, Jyotirmoy
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
P00894
0595
0708
Kakoty, Jyotirmoy
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
P00929
0451
0746
Kar, Hari Das
O
M
H
1914
Vocal
P00929
0627
0746
Kar, Hari Das
O
M
H
1914
Vocal
P00935
0455
0752
Karmakar, Radharaman
O
M
H
1914
Vocal
P00935
0633
0752
Karmakar, Radharaman
O
M
H
1914
Vocal
P00964
0479
0782
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
Vocal
P00964
0660
0782
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
Vocal
P01071
0568
0891
Lolita Bhagat
O
F
H
1930
others
P01071
0767
0891
Lolita Bhagat
O
F
H
1930
piano
P01074
0572
0894
Madhavan Nambootheri, Varanasi
O
M
H
1931
chenda
P01078
0775
0899
Mahanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
P01079
0776
0900
Mahanta, Khagendra Nath
O
M
H
1942
Vocal
P01082
1386
0903
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01139
0843
0962
Mekharanbhai G. Lila
O
F
H
1914
Vocal
P01169
0874
0995
Mitra, Rajeswar (Sharnagadeva)
O
M
H
1917
P00095
0637
0996
Mitra, Suchitra
O
F
H
1924
Vocal
P00095
0875
0996
Mitra, Suchitra
O
F
H
1924
Vocal
P01180
0643
1007
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
Vocal
khol
P01180
0884
1007
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
Vocal
khol
P01194
0653
1021
Mukherjee, Hemanata Kumar
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
P01194
0897
1021
Mukherjee, Hemanta Kumar
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
P01199
0904
1026
Mukhopadhyaya, Sailen
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
P01201
0656
1029
Muktiar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
Vocal
P01201
0906
1029
Muktiyar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
Vocal
P01203
0657
1031
Mullick, Pamkaj Kumar
O
M
H
1905
Vocal
P01268
0711
1102
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
Vocal
P01268
0969
1102
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
Vocal
P01281
0721
1116
Naushad Ali
O
M
M
1919
P01296
0999
1131
Nigam, Ira
O
F
M
1930
Vocal
P01297
1402
1132
Nimaicharan Harichandan
O
M
H
1901
Vocal
P01377
0835
1215
Radhakrishnan, Trichr P.(Krishna Dasa)
O
M
H
1926
P01377
1111
1215
Radhakrishnan, Trichur P.(Krishna Dasa)
O
M
H
1932
P01381
1108
1219
Radha Rani Devi
O
F
H
1917
Vocal
P01385
1117
1223
Raghavan, K.
O
M
H
1916
Vocal

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