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
P00629
0346
0419
Doctor, Serene H.
H
F
Others
P00631
0241
0421
Dominic Pereira
O
M
Others
1900
violin
P00673
0271
0466
George, K.S.
C
M
Others
1927
Vocal
P00673
0390
0466
George, K.S.
C
M
Others
1927
Vocal
P00814
0369
0619
Jacob, Bernard Vivian
O
M
Others
1918
P00830
0380
0636
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
Others
1912
jaltarang
violin
mukur
P00854
0461
0666
Kaur, Surinder
H
F
Others
1929
P00870
0604
0682
Mathieson, Rev. Theedore
O
M
Others
1913
others
P00873
0570
0685
Joseph, K. Sebastian
C
M
Others
1920
harmonium
mridangam
P01069
0567
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
Others
1905
khyal
P01073
0769
0893
Lyall, Rozwell
H
M
Others
1920
tabla
P01251
0695
1083
Narayana Bhagavathar, N,V,
C
M
Others
1905
Vocal
P01481
0963
1325
Sambandam, Pillai T.S.
C
M
Others
1913
Vocal
P01758
1445
1614
Xavier, Fr. Camilo
O
M
Others
1916
Vocal
P00325
1320
0088
Antonio Fortunato de Figueiredo
O
M
O
1903
others
P00325
0071
0088
Antonio Fortunato de Figueiredo
O
M
O
1903
others
P00344
1321
0110
Azim Lewis
O
M
O
1933
others
P00344
0091
0110
Azim Lewis
O
M
O
1933
others
P00631
0348
0421
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
Vocal
P00814
0524
0619
Jacob Bernard Vivian
O
F
O
1918
P00870
0823
0682
Mathieson, Rev, Theodore
O
M
O
1913
cello
P00873
0407
0685
Joseph, Sebastian K.
C
M
O
1920
Vocal
P01069
1385
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
Others
P01069
0765
0889
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
P01734
1284
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P01734
1663
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P01758
1703
1614
Xavier, Fr. Calilo
O
M
O
1916
Vocal
P02003
1707
1872
Yash Paul
H
M
O
1937
khyal
dhrupad
P00001
0001
0001
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1927
sitar
P00001
0001
0001
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1927
sitar
bin
0002
0002
Abdul Khadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
0004
0002
Abdul Kadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P00249
1314
0003
Abdul Kader, Kozhikode
C
M
M
1916
Vocal
P00249
0002
0003
Abdul Kader, Kozhikode
C
M
M
1916
Vocal
0003
0004
Abdul Karim Khan
H
M
M
1915
sitar
bin
P06123
0005
0006
Abdul Latif Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
0003
0007
Abdul Qadir Khan (Sanehi)
H
M
M
1917
khyal
0006
0007
Abdul Qadir Khan (Sanehi)
H
M
M
1917
khyal
0004
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1872
tabla
0007
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
0006
0010
Adid Husain Khan
H
M
M
1920
dhrupad
khyal
sitar
0593
0010
Abid Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1920
khyal
dhrupad
Others
0009
0013
Adam Saheb, Shauk
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
0012
0013
Adam Saheb, Shaik
C
M
M
1920
nagasvaram
P00263
0012
0018
Afaque Husain Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00263
0015
0018
Afaque Husain Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00264
0013
0019
Afzal Husain Nagina
H
M
M
1916
thumuri
dadra
ghazal
P00264
0016
0019
Afzal Husain Khan
H
M
M
1916
Others
P00265
0017
0020
Agai Maseet Khan
H
M
M
1941
tabla
P00270
0016
0025
Ahmad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1938
sarod
P00270
0022
0025
Ahmadali Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarod
P00271
0017
0026
Ahmed 'Thirakwa'
H
M
M
1891
tabla
P00276
0027
0031
Akhtar Khan
H
M
M
1936
sitar
P00282
0032
0037
Ali Ahmed Hussein
H
M
M
1939
shahanai
P05930
0022
0038
Ali Akbar Khan
H
M
M
1922
sarod
P05930
0033
0038
Ali Akbar Khan
H
M
M
1922
dhrupad
khyal
sarod
pakhavaj
tabla
P00284
1316
0039
Ali Hussaun
H
M
M
1914
shahanai
P00284
0034
0039
Ali Hussein
H
M
M
1915
shahanai
P00286
0023
0041
Ali Mohammad Sheikh
H
M
M
1934
Others
P00286
0035
0041
Ali Mohammad Sheikh
H
M
M
1934
Others
P00288
0025
0043
Alla Jillai Bai
H
F
M
1922
thumuri
dadra
Folk music
P00288
0036
0043
Alla Jillai Bai
H
F
M
1922
Others
P00004
0026
0044
Alla Rakka Qureishi
H
M
M
1919
tabla
P00004
0037
0044
Alla Rakha Qureish
H
M
M
1919
tabla
P00005
0027
0045
Allaudin Khan (Alam)
H
M
M
1862
sarod
P00293
0031
0051
Ameer Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1901
tabla
P00294
1317
0052
Ameer Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00294
0041
0052
Ameer Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00294
0045
0052
Amir Mohammad Khan(Mehar Piya)
H
M
M
1930
khyal
Others
tabla
P05932
0034
0056
Amir Khan
H
M
M
1912
khyal
P00003
1000
0057
Nilufer, Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sitar
surbahar
P05973
0035
0058
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P05973
0046
0058
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1945
sarod
P00326
0054
0089
Anwarkhan Bhikankhan Pathan
H
M
M
1917
sitar
P00326
0072
0089
Anwarkhan Bhikankhan Pathan
H
M
M
1917
sitar
P00331
0078
0095
Aruadhati, Sarkar
C
F
M
1938
Vocal
P05950
0080
0098
Asad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1937
bin
P00335
0062
0100
Ata Hussain Khan(Ratan)
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
P00335
0082
0100
Ata Hussein Khan(Ratan)
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
P00345
0069
0111
Azmat Hussain Khan (Maikal, Dilrang)
H
M
M
1911
khyal
dhrupad
P00347
0071
0114
Babu Khan Alwarwale
H
M
M
1929
tabla
P00347
0093
0114
Babu Khan Alwarwale
H
M
M
1929
tabla
P00352
0073
0119
Bahadur Khan
H
M
M
1929
sarod
P00352
0097
0119
Bahadar Khan
H
M
M
1931
dhrupad
khyal
Others
sarod
P00353
1007
0120
Nizami, Afzal Khan
H
M
M
1929
khyal
P00356
0074
0123
Bakkal, Mohammad Abdullah Tibet
H
M
M
1913
khyal
P00384
0093
0153
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
P00406
0106
0177
Behera, Narayan
C
M
M
1917
vina
P00462
0134
0234
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
P00462
0188
0234
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
P00014
0138
0241
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00014
0195
0241
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P06119
0150
0261
Bundu Khan
H
M
M
1907
sitar
P00489
0153
0264
Butt, Sanna Ullah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00489
0211
0264
Butt. Sanna Allah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00499
0252
0274
Chamma Khan
H
M
M
1927
tabla
P00500
0157
0275
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
H
M
M
1898
khyal
P00501
0158
0276
Chanda Hussain
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P00502
0217
0277
Chanda Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
P00529
0284
0305
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
H
M
M
1933
khyal

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