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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P00422
0193
0115
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00422
0193
1603
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad S.
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00423
0194
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
H
M
H
1884
khyal
others
P00424
0195
0308
Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
guitar
P00424
0195
1604
Bhatt, Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
tabla
pakhavaj
guitar
P00424
0195
1894
Gopal Singh, Parvat Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
ghatam
P00425
0196
0117
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00425
0196
1605
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00426
0197
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00426
0197
1606
Bhatt, Munnulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00427
0198
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00427
0198
1608
Bhatt, Shashi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00428
0199
1607
Bhatt, Preeti Ravi Shankar
H
F
H
1940
khyal
P00429
0200
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00430
0201
1612
Bhattacharya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00431
0202
1178
Tarlekar, Ganesh Hari
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00431
0202
2979
Tarkar, Ganesh Hari
H
M
H
1914
khyal
others
P00432
0203
1615
Bhattacharya, Gouri
H
F
H
1936
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00433
0204
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00433
0204
1616
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00434
0205
1270
Venkatarao Dessety
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P00434
0205
3091
Venkatarao Dessety
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P00435
0206
1613
Bhattacharya. Chitta Ranjan
H
M
H
1920
tabla
sitar
P00436
0207
1618
Bhattacherjea, Amar Nath
H
M
H
1916
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00437
0208
1331
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
vocal
others
P00437
0208
1619
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
vocal
P00438
0209
1621
Bhave, Lakshmi G.
H
F
H
1914
khyal
others
P00439
0210
0126
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00439
0210
1622
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00440
0211
1623
Bhave, Shamala G.
H
F
H
1941
khyal
others
P00441
0212
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
929
khyal
P00441
0212
1624
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
928
khyal
P00442
0213
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
H
M
H
1928
tabla
P00442
0213
1625
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
H
M
H
1928
tabla
P00443
0214
1626
Bhil Divaliben
H
M
H
1942
others
P00444
0215
1627
Bhimpure, Mahesh Balkrishnapati Vajapayee
H
M
H
1937
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00446
0217
0130
Bholanath Prassana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00446
0217
1629
Bholanath Prasnana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00447
0219
0132
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
H
M
H
1896
khyal
harmonium
P00447
0219
1631
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Shuddasarang)
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
P00448
0220
2463
Padmalochana, Nagarajam
C
F
H
1941
vocal
P00449
0221
2465
Pakkiriswamy, Ramanujalu Venugopal
C
M
H
1922
mursing
P00450
0222
2771
Sathyanarayana, R.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00451
0223
1411
Rajamannar, P.V.
O
M
H
1901
P00452
0224
2570
Raghu, Palghat R.
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
P00453
0225
2573
Raichurlkar, Manick Rao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00454
0226
2577
Raja Rao, L.
C
M
H
1909
vina
P00455
0227
2582
Rajagopalan, B.R.
C
M
H
1935
vocal
P00456
0228
2588
Rajamma, Kesava Murthy, A.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00457
0229
2600
Rajeswari, G.K.
C
M
H
1947
vocal
P00458
0230
0133
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00458
0230
1632
Bhorwani, Parshram P.
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00459
0231
1633
Bhosale, Shipatarao Abaji
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
flute
clarinet
P00460
0232
1635
Bhowmick, K.N.
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P00461
0233
1634
Bhowmik Ila
H
F
H
khyal
others
P00462
0234
0134
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P00462
0234
1636
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P00463
0235
0136
Bhutan, Durgaprasad
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00463
0235
1638
Bhuyan, Durgaprasad
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00464
0236
0135
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P00464
0236
1637
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P00465
0237
1639
Bilagi Pyarabai
H
F
H
1899
others
P00466
0238
0137
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
others
P00466
0238
1640
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
others
P00467
0239
1641
Binapani Misra
H
F
H
1935
khyal
others
P00468
0240
1642
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P00469
0242
0139
Biswas, Anil
O
M
H
1914
P00469
0242
1644
Biswas Anil
H
M
H
1914
others
P00470
0243
1646
Biswas Joya
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00471
0244
0140
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
vocal
P00471
0244
1645
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
vocal
P00472
0245
0168
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
P00472
0245
1699
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1901
vina
flute
P00473
0246
1647
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00474
0247
0141
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00474
0247
1648
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00475
0248
0142
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00475
0248
1649
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00476
0250
0144
Bordolayee, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00476
0250
1651
Bordolai, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00477
0251
1652
Bordoli Kalpana
H
F
H
1946
khyal
P00478
0252
0145
Bose, Ila
H
F
H
1936
khyal
P00478
0252
1653
Bose, Ila
H
F
H
1936
khyal
others
P00479
0253
0146
Bose, Joya
H
F
H
1941
sitar
P00480
0254
1654
Bose, Sunil
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00481
0255
0147
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
H
M
H
1914
khyal
others
P00481
0255
2963
Sunil K. Bose
H
M
H
1924
khyal
others
P00482
0256
0148
Brahaspati, Kalias Chandra Deva
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
P00483
0257
0149
Brahmiah Sastry, Sistu
C
M
H
1909
violin
P00483
0257
1655
Brahmaish Sastry, Sishtu
C
M
H
1910
violin
P00484
0258
1336
Brinda, T
C
F
H
1912
vocal
P00484
0258
1656
Brinda, T.
C
F
H
1912
vocal
P00485
0259
1802
Bublia, Ram Charan(Vasant)
H
M
H
1929
others
P00486
0260
1803
Bubolia, Uma Rani
H
F
H
1936
others
P00488
0263
0152
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P00488
0263
1658
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P00489
0264
0153
Butt, Sanna Ullah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00489
0264
1659
Butt. Sanna Allah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00490
0265
0154
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P00490
0265
1660
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
H
M
H
1922
khyal

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