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
P00396
0167
0101
Barve, Manahar G.
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P06804
0160
0102
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00401
0172
0103
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
H
M
H
1930
tabla
dilruba
P00402
0173
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
vocal
P00405
0176
0105
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
H
F
H
1914
others
P00406
0177
0106
Behera, Narayan
C
M
M
1917
vina
P00408
0179
0107
Bhagavathi, T.S.
C
F
H
1925
vocal
P00409
0180
0108
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00410
0181
0109
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00411
0182
0110
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
H
M
H
1928
others
P00412
0183
0111
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
H
M
H
1908
surbahar
sitar
P00416
0187
0112
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
C
M
H
1936
violin
P00415
0186
0113
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
P00421
0192
0114
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00422
0193
0115
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00423
0194
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
H
M
H
1884
khyal
others
P00425
0196
0117
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00426
0197
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00427
0198
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00292
0050
0120
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1937
others
P00387
0156
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
others
P00429
0200
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P06816
0015
0123
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
P00433
0204
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00414
0185
0125
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00439
0210
0126
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00441
0212
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
929
khyal
P00442
0213
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
H
M
H
1928
tabla
P06203
0216
0129
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00446
0217
0130
Bholanath Prassana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P00041
0218
0131
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
H
F
H
1914
khyal
others
P00447
0219
0132
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
H
M
H
1896
khyal
harmonium
P00458
0230
0133
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00462
0234
0134
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P00464
0236
0135
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P00463
0235
0136
Bhutan, Durgaprasad
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00466
0238
0137
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
others
P00014
0241
0138
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00469
0242
0139
Biswas, Anil
O
M
H
1914
P00471
0244
0140
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
vocal
P00474
0247
0141
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00475
0248
0142
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00080
0249
0143
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00476
0250
0144
Bordolayee, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00478
0252
0145
Bose, Ila
H
F
H
1936
khyal
P00479
0253
0146
Bose, Joya
H
F
H
1941
sitar
P00481
0255
0147
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
H
M
H
1914
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
P06119
0261
0150
Bundu Khan
H
M
M
1907
sitar
P00089
0262
0151
Burman, Sachin Dev
O
M
H
1906
vocal
P00488
0263
0152
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P00489
0264
0153
Butt, Sanna Ullah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00490
0265
0154
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P00492
0267
0155
Chakraborty, Suren
H
M
H
1899
others
P00497
0272
0156
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
O
M
H
1895
vocal
P00500
0275
0157
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
H
M
M
1898
khyal
P00501
0276
0158
Chanda Hussain
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
P00503
0278
0159
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
P00506
0281
0160
Chandramouli, Karlepalem
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00510
0286
0161
Chandrashekharaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
P00514
0290
0162
Channamma, G.
C
F
H
1913
vocal
P00525
0301
0163
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00022
0046
0164
Chaubey, Debabrata
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P00038
0306
0165
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
H
M
H
1938
flute
P00530
0307
0166
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
P00535
0312
0167
Chellappa, K.S.
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
P00472
0245
0168
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
P00536
0313
0169
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P00539
0316
0170
Chhaya, Pushpa
H
F
H
1936
khyal
P00012
0318
0171
Chikhalikar, Nilkanth Buva
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00542
0320
0172
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
P00541
0319
0173
China Satyanarayana, Nookala
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P00544
0322
0174
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
C
M
H
1880
violin
P00546
0324
0175
Chitra Gupta
O
M
H
1919
P00548
0328
0176
Chitti, Chippada
C
M
H
1926
Nagaswaram
clarinet
P00025
0326
0177
Chitti Abbai, Domada
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
P00550
0330
0178
Chokkamma, N.
C
F
H
1922
vina
P00553
0333
0179
Chorghade, Vimal L.
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
P00556
0336
0180
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
O
F
H
1937
vocal
P00558
0338
0181
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
P06042
0341
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P06047
0342
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P00079
0344
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
P00561
0345
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00562
0346
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
C
M
H
1924
tavil
P00563
0347
0187
Dakshinamurthy, B.
C
M
H
1928
violin
P00565
0349
0188
Dakshinamurty, V.
C
M
H
1919
vocal
P00564
0348
0189
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00567
0351
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
others
P00566
0350
0191
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
C
M
H
1908
vocal
P00569
0353
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
others
P00570
0354
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
P00573
0357
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
vocal
P00574
0358
0195
Das, Balkrishna
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00575
0359
0196
Das, Gunada
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P00577
0361
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
tabla
esraj
violin
P00578
0362
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
khyal
P00581
0365
0199
Das, Mira
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00582
0366
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
O
M
H
1919

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