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
0231
Dhage, Shridhar Wamanrao
P00618
0408
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1785
Dhagem Shridhar Wamanrao
P00618
0408
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
1784
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
0229
Devendrappa, B.
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
1783
Devendrappa, Rao
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1782
Devarjan, Pravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1781
Devadhar, Vaman Chintaman
P00615
0404
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0227
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
1780
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1924
khyal
1779
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1778
Deshpande, Vasudeo
P00612
0401
H
M
H
1927
khyal
Others
1777
Deshpande, Vasant Shivaram
P00611
0400
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1776
Deshpande, Vaman Hari
P00610
0399
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1775
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1774
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
M
1918
khyal
1773
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
1772
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1771
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
P00604
0393
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
1770
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
1769
Desai, Thakorbhai Khushalbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
0217
Desai, Nidhara
0390
H
F
H
1927
khyal
1768
Desai, Nildhara
0390
H
M
H
1927
khyal
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
1767
Desai, Chatanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1902
khyal
1766
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1901
khyal
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
1765
Deo, Yeshwant
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
1764
Deo, Rajabhau
P00599
0386
H
M
H
1917
khyal
Others
1763
Dayal Singh
P00598
0385
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
bin
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
1762
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
khol
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
1761
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
1760
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshankar
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
1758
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
1759
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
P00593
0379
H
M
H
1946
sitar
0208
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1756
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0250
Dutta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
O
M
H
1935
violin
1358
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
O
M
H
1935
Vocal
1755
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
H
M
H
1935
Others
1807
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
H
M
H
1935
Others
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
P00028
0376
H
M
H
1919
khyal
1754
Dastur, Firoz Bejanji(Feredoon)
P00028
0376
H
M
M
1919
khyal
1357
Dastidar, Anadi Kumar
P00590
0375
O
M
H
1903
Vocal
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
1753
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
1752
Dasgupta, Mira
P00588
0373
H
F
H
1944
khyal
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
1751
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1938
khyal
Others
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
1750
Dasgupta, Buddhave
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
1749
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
1748
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Sachin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
dhrupad
1747
Das, Reba
P00584
0368
H
M
H
1934
khyal
Others
0201
Das, Ram Saran
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1746
Das, Ram Saram
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
P00582
0366
O
M
H
1919
0199
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
M
H
1924
khyal
1744
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
F
H
1924
khyal
1743
Das, Minakshi
P00580
0364
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
1742
Das, Lakshahira(Chanu)
P00579
0363
H
M
H
1933
Others
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1961
khyal
1741
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
1740
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
1739
Das, Kalipada
P00576
0360
O
M
H
1943
Vocal
0196
Das, Gunada
P00575
0359
H
F
H
1939
khyal
1738
Das, Gamada
P00575
0359
H
M
H
1939
khyal
0195
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1737
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
Others
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
1736
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
P00572
0356
H
F
H
1946
sarod
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
1798
Doraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
1734
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
natu(kashmiri-instrument)
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
1733
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
1732
Dandapani, Anayampatty
P00568
0352
C
M
H
1926
violin
jaltarang
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others

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