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
P00441
0127
0212
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
929
khyal
P00441
0176
0212
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
928
khyal
P00440
0175
0211
Bhave, Shamala G.
H
F
H
1941
khyal
Others
P00439
0126
0210
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00439
0174
0210
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00438
0173
0209
Bhave, Lakshmi G.
H
F
H
1914
khyal
Others
P00437
1331
0208
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
Others
P00437
0171
0208
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
Vocal
P00436
0170
0207
Bhattacherjea, Amar Nath
H
M
H
1916
khyal
dhrupad
Others
P00435
0165
0206
Bhattacharya. Chitta Ranjan
H
M
H
1920
sitar
tabla
P00434
1270
0205
Venkatarao Dessety
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
P00434
1643
0205
Venkatarao Dessety
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
P00433
0124
0204
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00433
0168
0204
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00432
0167
0203
Bhattacharya, Gouri
H
F
H
1936
dhrupad
khyal
Others
P00431
1178
0202
Tarlekar, Ganesh Hari
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00431
1531
0202
Tarkar, Ganesh Hari
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
P00430
0164
0201
Bhattacharya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00429
0122
0200
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00428
0159
0199
Bhatt, Preeti Ravi Shankar
H
F
H
1940
khyal
P00427
0119
0198
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00427
0160
0198
Bhatt, Shashi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00426
0118
0197
Bhatt, Mannulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00426
0158
0197
Bhatt, Munnulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00425
0117
0196
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00425
0157
0196
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00424
0308
0195
Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
guitar
P00424
0156
0195
Bhatt, Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
tabla
guitar
P00424
0446
0195
Gopal Singh, Parvat Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
ghatam
P00423
0116
0194
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
H
M
H
1884
khyal
Others
P00422
0115
0193
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00422
0155
0193
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad S.
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00421
0114
0192
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00421
0154
0192
Bhatt, Balwant Rai Gulabrai(Bhavrang)
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00420
0150
0191
Bhatt Dalpat Kumar (Rajkamal)
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P00419
0153
0190
Bhatnagar, S.P.
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P00418
1330
0189
Bhatia, Vanraj
O
M
H
1927
P00418
0152
0189
Bhatia, Vanraj
O
M
H
1927
P00417
0845
0188
Mirajakar, Babasaheb Ghudulal
H
M
H
1925
tabla
dholak
P00416
0112
0187
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
C
M
H
1936
violin
P00415
0113
0186
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
P00415
0151
0186
Bhaskaran Nair Vaikom
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
P00414
0125
0185
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00414
0172
0185
Bharva Narayana Rao, Dwaram
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00413
1329
0184
Bharadwaj, Harish
H
M
H
1928
khyal
Others
P00413
0149
0184
Bharadwaj, Harish
H
M
H
1928
khyal
Others
P00412
0111
0183
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
H
M
H
1908
sitar
surbahar
P00412
0148
0183
Bhanja Chaudhuri, Sushil Kumar
H
M
H
1907
sitar
surbahar
P00411
0110
0182
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
H
M
H
1928
Others
P00411
0147
0182
Bhanj, Radhakrishna
H
M
H
1928
Others
P00410
0109
0181
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00410
0146
0181
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00409
0108
0180
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00409
0145
0180
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
H
M
H
tabla
P00408
0107
0179
Bhagavathi, T.S.
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
P00408
0144
0179
Bhagavathi T.S.
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
P00407
0143
0178
Bhagavathi Ammal K,K.
C
F
H
1939
Vocal
P00406
0106
0177
Behera, Narayan
C
M
M
1917
vina
P00406
0142
0177
Behera, Narayan
C
M
H
1817
vina
P00405
0105
0176
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
H
F
H
1914
Others
P00404
1333
0175
Bhattacharya, Asutosh
O
M
H
1909
P00403
1332
0174
Bhattacharya, Ashutosh
H
M
H
1917
tabla
P00402
0104
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P00402
0141
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P00401
0103
0172
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
P00401
0140
0172
Bayle, Bhanudas Mukundrao
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
P00400
0138
0171
Basavarj, Jalibenchi
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P00399
0139
0170
Basavaraju, V.K.
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
P00398
0137
0169
Barve, Sakhara, Pandurang
H
M
H
1900
harmonium
P00397
1335
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00397
0169
0168
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
Vocal
P00396
0101
0167
Barve, Manahar G.
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P00395
0135
0166
Barot, Kanubhai Devidan
H
F
H
1923
Others
P00394
0134
0165
Barot, Kaajibhai Bhutabhai
H
M
H
1924
Others
P00393
0100
0164
Barodekar, Kamalabai
H
F
H
1909
khyal
Others
P00393
0133
0164
Barodekar, Kamalabai Shyamaprasad
H
F
H
1908
khyal
Others
P00392
1327
0162
Barman, Chitta Ranjon Deb
H
M
H
1926
esraj
P00392
0131
0162
Barman, Chitta Ranjon Deb.
H
M
H
1926
esraj
P00391
0099
0161
Bari Moti Bai
H
F
H
1901
Others
P00390
0098
0159
Bapu Rao (Nadanand)
H
M
H
1889
sitar
P00389
0097
0158
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P00389
0130
0158
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
P00388
0094
0157
Bangari Bai
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
P00388
0129
0157
Bangari Bai
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
P00387
0121
0156
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
P00386
1326
0155
Banerjee, Tinkari
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00386
0128
0155
Banerjee, Tinkari
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
P00385
0095
0154
Banerjee, Tarun
H
M
H
1927
Others
P00385
0127
0154
Banerjee, Tarun
H
M
H
1927
Others
P00384
0093
0153
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
P00383
0096
0152
Banerjee, Ramesh Chandra
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
P00382
0092
0151
Banerjee, Prasum
H
F
H
1926
khyal
P00382
0126
0151
Banerjee, Prasun
H
M
H
1926
khyal
Others
P00381
0091
0149
Banerjee, Meera
H
F
H
1932
khyal
P00381
0124
0149
Banerjee, Meera
H
F
H
1932
Others
P00380
0090
0148
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
H
M
H
1892
tabla
P00380
0123
0148
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
H
M
H
1892
tabla
P00379
0122
0147
Banerjee, Gopal
H
M
H
1925
khyal
Others
P00378
0121
0146
Banerjee, Birendranath
H
M
H
1918
sarod
P00377
0089
0145
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar

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