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
1881
Gopalkrishna K. (Haripad Brothers)
P00727
0527
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
0305
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
P00726
0526
C
M
H
Vocal
1892
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
P00726
0526
C
M
H
Vocal
1929
Gupta, Amal Dass
P00725
0525
H
M
H
1929
Others
dhrupad
khyal
0304
Gopalam, Annavarapu
P00724
0524
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
ghatam
kanjira
1891
Gopalam, Annavarapu
P00724
0524
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
ghatam
kanjira
2274
Mathurai, P.K.
P00723
0523
C
M
H
1925
nagasvaram
0302
Gopalakrishnan, Tripunithura Viswanathan
P00722
0522
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
1889
Gopalakrishnan, Tripunithura Viswanathan
P00722
0522
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
0301
Gopalakrishnan, R.S.
P00721
0521
C
M
H
1918
violin
1883
Gopalkrishnan, R.S.
P00721
0521
C
M
H
1918
violin
0300
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
P00720
0520
C
M
H
1931
violin
1888
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
P00720
0520
C
M
H
1931
violin
0299
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
P00719
0519
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
1887
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
P00719
0519
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
0298
Gopalakrishna Panicker, K.
P00718
0518
C
M
H
1914
nagasvaram
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
P00717
0517
C
M
H
1883
violin
1886
Gopalakrishna Iyer,Marungapuri G.
P00717
0517
C
M
H
1883
violin
0296
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
P00716
0516
C
M
H
1902
Vocal
1885
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
P00716
0516
C
M
H
1902
ghatam
kanjira
mridangam
0295
Gopala Rao, L.
P00715
0515
C
M
H
1918
vina
0303
Gopala Nair, Shertallai R.
P00714
0514
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
1890
Gopalan Nair, Shertalai R.
P00714
0514
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
0307
Gopala Krishna
P00033
0513
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
1880
Gopalkrishna
P00033
0513
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
2273
Mathur, Shakuntala
P00713
0512
H
M
H
1931
khyal
Others
1878
Gopal Das 2
P00712
0511
H
M
H
1932
Others
0306
Gopal Das 1
P06529
0510
H
M
H
1926
pakhavaj
tabla
1893
Gopaldas
P06529
0510
H
M
H
1926
pakhavaj
tabla
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
P00710
0509
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
1877
Gomati, Vishwanathan
P00710
0509
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
1370
Gomathi, Ramasubramanyam
P00709
0508
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
1876
Gomathi Ramasubramanyam
P00709
0508
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
1369
Golwalkar, Madhukar
P00708
0507
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
1875
Golwalkar, Madhkar
P00708
0507
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
1874
Gokhle, Sharad Ghanashyam
P00707
0506
H
M
H
1940
khyal
Others
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
P00706
0505
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1873
Gokhale, Padamavati Anant
P00706
0505
H
F
H
1920
khyal
Others
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
khyal
1872
Gokhale, Mukund Govind
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1871
Gokhale,Laji (Madhusudan Raghunath)
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
P00704
0502
H
M
H
1894
khyal
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
P00703
0501
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
1870
Gnanasundram, C.P.
P00703
0501
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
1869
Gnanam, Subrahmanyam
P00702
0500
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
1868
Girraj Prasad
P00701
0499
H
M
H
1920
Others
0288
Girija Devi
P00032
0498
H
F
H
1929
khyal
Others
1867
Girijadevi
P00032
0498
H
F
M
1929
khyal
Others
0287
Giri Raj
P06104
0497
H
M
H
1938
sitar
1866
Giri Raj
P06104
0497
H
M
H
1938
sitar
0286
Ginde, Krishna
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
1865
Ginde, Krishna G.
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
1367
Ghulam Sabir Khan
P00699
0495
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
1864
Ghulam Sabir Khan
P00699
0495
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
2610
Rama Rao,N.R.
P00698
0494
H
F
H
1927
sitar
2456
Nizamuddin Khan
P05900
0493
H
M
M
1938
tabla
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
1862
Ghulam Quadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1917
dhrupad
khyal
2667
Ram Shankar Das(Swami Pagaldas)
P06033
0491
H
M
H
1920
mridangam
pakhavaj
tabla
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
H
M
M
1907
santur
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
O
M
M
1907
santur
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
0331
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
0280
Ghulam Husain Khan
P00692
0487
H
M
M
1928
sitar
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
P00690
0485
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
1364
Ghosh, Savitri
P00689
0484
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
P00689
0484
H
F
H
1922
khyal
Others
2608
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
P05977
0483
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
1363
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
P00688
0482
H
M
H
1919
tabla
1851
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
P00688
0482
H
M
H
1919
khyal
1362
Ghosh, Lalita
P00687
0481
H
F
H
1933
Others
1850
Ghoshm Lalita
P00687
0481
H
F
H
1933
Others
0276
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
Others
1365
Ghosh Supriti
P00685
0479
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
1847
Ghose. Asrukuna
P00683
0477
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
Others
0275
Ghose, Santiv
P00682
0476
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
1846
Ghose, Santidev
P00682
0476
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
0274
Ghose, Rathin
P00681
0475
O
M
H
1920
Vocal
1845
Ghose, Rathin
P00681
0475
H
M
H
1902
Others
0278
Ghose-Dastidar, Bijon
P00680
0474
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1844
Ghose Dastidar, Bijan
P00680
0474
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
P00679
0473
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
0273
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
Others
1842
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
0272
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
P00677
0471
H
M
H
1915
khyal
1841
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
P00677
0471
H
M
H
1915
khyal
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
P00676
0470
H
M
H
1902
tabla
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
1368
Ghulam Sabir Dadri
P00674
0468
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
1863
Ghalam Sabir Dadri
P00674
0468
H
M
M
1922
sarangi

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