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 - WWP ID - WWIM ID - Name - H / C - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal - Instrument
P00714
0514
1890
Gopalan Nair, Shertalai R.
C
M
H
1924
vocal
P00713
0512
2273
Mathur, Shakuntala
H
M
H
1931
khyal
others
P00712
0511
1878
Gopal Das 2
H
M
H
1932
others
P00710
0509
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00710
0509
1877
Gomati, Vishwanathan
C
F
H
1925
vocal
P00709
0508
1370
Gomathi, Ramasubramanyam
C
F
H
1933
vocal
P00709
0508
1876
Gomathi Ramasubramanyam
C
F
H
1933
vocal
P00708
0507
1369
Golwalkar, Madhukar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00708
0507
1875
Golwalkar, Madhkar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00707
0506
1874
Gokhle, Sharad Ghanashyam
H
M
H
1940
khyal
others
P00706
0505
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00706
0505
1873
Gokhale, Padamavati Anant
H
F
H
1920
khyal
others
P00705
0504
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00705
0504
1872
Gokhale, Mukund Govind
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
P00704
0502
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
H
M
H
1894
khyal
P00703
0501
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00703
0501
1870
Gnanasundram, C.P.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00702
0500
1869
Gnanam, Subrahmanyam
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P00701
0499
1868
Girraj Prasad
H
M
H
1920
others
P00699
0495
1367
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P00699
0495
1864
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P00698
0494
2610
Rama Rao,N.R.
H
F
H
1927
sitar
P00696
0492
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
P00696
0492
1862
Ghulam Quadir Khan
H
M
M
1917
dhrupad
khyal
P00695
0490
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
O
M
M
1907
santur
P00695
0490
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
H
M
M
1907
santur
P00694
0489
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00694
0489
0331
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00694
0489
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00693
0488
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00693
0488
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00692
0487
0280
Ghulam Husain Khan
H
M
M
1928
sitar
P00691
0486
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
H
M
M
1912
tabla
P00691
0486
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1912
tabla
P00690
0485
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00689
0484
1364
Ghosh, Savitri
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00689
0484
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
H
F
H
1922
khyal
others
P00688
0482
1363
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
H
M
H
1919
tabla
P00688
0482
1851
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00687
0481
1362
Ghosh, Lalita
H
F
H
1933
others
P00687
0481
1850
Ghoshm Lalita
H
F
H
1933
others
P00686
0480
0276
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00686
0480
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
others
P00685
0479
1365
Ghosh Supriti
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00684
0478
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
P00684
0478
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
P00683
0477
1847
Ghose. Asrukuna
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00682
0476
0275
Ghose, Santiv
O
M
H
1910
vocal
P00682
0476
1846
Ghose, Santidev
O
M
H
1910
vocal
P00681
0475
0274
Ghose, Rathin
O
M
H
1920
vocal
P00681
0475
1845
Ghose, Rathin
H
M
H
1902
others
P00680
0474
0278
Ghose-Dastidar, Bijon
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00680
0474
1844
Ghose Dastidar, Bijan
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00679
0473
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
P00678
0472
0273
Ghosal, Malati
H
M
H
1902
others
P00678
0472
1842
Ghosal, Malati
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
P00677
0471
0272
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00677
0471
1841
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00676
0470
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1902
tabla
P00675
0469
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00675
0469
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00674
0468
1368
Ghulam Sabir Dadri
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
P00674
0468
1863
Ghalam Sabir Dadri
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
P00673
0466
0271
George, K.S.
C
M
O
1927
vocal
P00673
0466
1838
George, K.S.
C
M
O
1927
vocal
P00672
0465
1008
Savithri Ammal, Mannargudi
C
F
H
1923
gottuvadyam
P00672
0465
2784
Savithri Ammal, Mannargudi
C
M
H
1923
gottuvadyam
P00671
0464
0268
Gazder, Adi Jameshed
O
M
M
1930
P00671
0464
1837
Gazder, Ali
O
M
M
1930
others
P00670
0463
1836
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
C
F
H
1959
vina
P00669
0461
0270
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00669
0461
1834
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00668
0460
0266
Garg, Laxminarayan
H
M
H
1932
sitar
P00667
0459
0265
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00667
0459
1833
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00666
0458
0264
Ganguly, Tarum Kumar
H
M
H
1935
tabla
P00666
0458
1831
Gunguly, Tarum Kumar
H
M
H
1935
tabla
P00665
0457
0263
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
H
M
H
1911
tabla
P00665
0457
1829
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
H
M
H
1911
tabla
P00664
0456
1360
Ganguly, Anjali
H
F
H
1932
khyal
P00664
0456
1828
Ganguli, Anjali
H
F
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00663
0455
1832
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
H
F
H
others
P00662
0454
0262
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
H
M
H
1933
khyal
P00662
0454
1827
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
H
F
H
1935
khyal
P00661
0453
0261
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Gandesh
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P00661
0453
1826
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Ganesh
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P00660
0452
0260
Gangadaran, T.R.
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
P00660
0452
1825
Gangadharam, T.R.
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
P00659
0451
0259
Gangadaram Pilla V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00659
0451
1824
Gangadaram Pillai V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00658
0450
0258
Ganesan, Parur M.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00658
0450
1823
Ganesan, Parur M.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00657
0449
1822
Ganesa Iyer, Nagercoil S.
C
M
H
1919
mridangam
P00656
0448
0257
Ganesa Bhagavathar, S.
C
M
H
1907
vocal
P00656
0448
1821
Ganesa Bhagava, S
C
M
H
1907
P00655
0447
1448
Ganguly, Shyam
H
M
H
sarod
P00655
0447
1830
Ganduly, Shyam
H
M
H
1911
sarod
P00654
0446
0256
Gandhi, Vijayalaxinl Purushottam
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00654
0446
1820
Gandhi, Vijayalaxmi Purushottam
H
F
H
1920
khyal
P00653
0445
0255
Gandhi, Amritlal Nichhabhai
H
M
H
1931
khyal

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