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 - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P06047
0183
0342
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P06047
0277
0342
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P06044
0028
0047
Amarnath
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P06044
0038
0047
Amarnath
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P06043
0952
1315
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P06043
1273
1315
Sabri Khan
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P06042
0182
0341
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P06040
0802
0929
Mani Prasad
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P06035
0667
1043
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
sitar
surbahar
P06035
0917
1043
Mushtaq Ali Khan
H
M
M
1911
sitar
surbahar
P06033
1219
0491
Ram Shankar Das(Swami Pagaldas)
H
M
H
1920
mridangam
pakhavaj
tabla
P06027
1059
1408
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P06027
1401
1408
Sharma, Shiv Kumar
H
M
H
1938
santur
P06017
1318
0059
Amonkar, Kishori Ravindra
H
F
H
1931
khyal
P06017
0047
0059
Amonkar, Kishori Ravindra
H
F
H
1931
khyal
P06016
0988
1650
Sarbaik, Nivrittibuwa Tukaram
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P06016
1314
1650
Sarnail, Nivruttibua Tukarambua
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P06012
0624
0988
Mishra, Umashankar
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P06012
0856
0988
Mishra, Uma Shankar
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P06011
0584
0915
Mallic, Ram Chatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
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