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: WWIM ID - Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
0101
Barve, Manahar G.
P00396
0167
H
M
H
1910
khyal
0102
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
P06804
0160
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0103
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
P00401
0172
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
0105
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
P00405
0176
H
F
H
1914
Others
0106
Behera, Narayan
P00406
0177
C
M
M
1917
vina
0107
Bhagavathi, T.S.
P00408
0179
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0108
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0109
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
P00410
0181
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
0110
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
P00411
0182
H
M
H
1928
Others
0111
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
P00412
0183
H
M
H
1908
sitar
surbahar
0112
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
P00416
0187
C
M
H
1936
violin
0113
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
P00415
0186
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
0114
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
P00421
0192
H
M
H
1921
khyal
0115
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
P00422
0193
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
P00423
0194
H
M
H
1884
khyal
Others
0117
Bhatt, Manju
P00425
0196
H
F
H
1945
sitar
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
P00427
0198
H
M
H
1929
sitar
0120
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
P00292
0050
H
M
H
1937
Others
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
P00429
0200
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0123
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
0015
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
P00433
0204
H
M
H
1936
sitar
0125
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
P00414
0185
C
M
H
1924
violin
0126
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
P00439
0210
H
M
H
1926
khyal
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
929
khyal
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
0129
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
P06203
0216
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0130
Bholanath Prassana
P00446
0217
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
0131
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
P00041
0218
H
F
H
1914
khyal
Others
0132
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
P00447
0219
H
M
H
1896
khyal
harmonium
0133
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0134
Bhullan Khan
P00462
0234
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
0135
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0136
Bhutan, Durgaprasad
P00463
0235
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0137
Bina Devi
P00466
0238
H
F
H
1932
Others
0138
Bismillah Khan
P00014
0241
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
0139
Biswas, Anil
P00469
0242
O
M
H
1914
0140
Biswas, Debabrata
P00471
0244
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
0141
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
P00474
0247
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0142
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
0143
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
0144
Bordolayee, Sundor
P00476
0250
H
M
H
1916
sitar
0145
Bose, Ila
P00478
0252
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0146
Bose, Joya
P00479
0253
H
F
H
1941
sitar
0147
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
P00481
0255
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
0148
Brahaspati, Kalias Chandra Deva
P00482
0256
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
0149
Brahmiah Sastry, Sistu
P00483
0257
C
M
H
1909
violin
0150
Bundu Khan
P06119
0261
H
M
M
1907
sitar
0151
Burman, Sachin Dev
P00089
0262
O
M
H
1906
Vocal
0152
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
P00488
0263
C
M
H
1898
violin
0153
Butt, Sanna Ullah
P00489
0264
H
M
M
1912
rabab
0154
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
P00490
0265
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0155
Chakraborty, Suren
P00492
0267
H
M
H
1899
Others
0156
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
P00497
0272
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
0157
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
P00500
0275
H
M
M
1898
khyal
0158
Chanda Hussain
P00501
0276
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
0159
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
P00503
0278
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
0160
Chandramouli, Karlepalem
P00506
0281
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0161
Chandrashekharaiah, M.S.
P00510
0286
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
0162
Channamma, G.
P00514
0290
C
F
H
1913
Vocal
0163
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
P00525
0301
H
M
H
1908
khyal
0164
Chaubey, Debabrata
P00022
0046
H
M
H
1935
sitar
0165
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
P00038
0306
H
M
H
1938
flute
0166
Chavda, Kishan Singh
P00530
0307
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
0167
Chellappa, K.S.
P00535
0312
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
0168
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
P00472
0245
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
0169
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
P00536
0313
H
M
H
1926
sitar
0170
Chhaya, Pushpa
P00539
0316
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0171
Chikhalikar, Nilkanth Buva
P00012
0318
H
M
H
1913
khyal
0172
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
P00542
0320
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
0173
China Satyanarayana, Nookala
P00541
0319
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
0174
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
P00544
0322
C
M
H
1880
violin
0175
Chitra Gupta
P00546
0324
O
M
H
1919
0176
Chitti, Chippada
P00548
0328
C
M
H
1926
clarinet
nagaswaram
0177
Chitti Abbai, Domada
P00025
0326
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
0178
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
0179
Chorghade, Vimal L.
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
0180
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
P00556
0336
O
F
H
1937
Vocal
0181
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
P00558
0338
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
P06042
0341
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
P00079
0344
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
P00561
0345
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
0187
Dakshinamurthy, B.
P00563
0347
C
M
H
1928
violin
0188
Dakshinamurty, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
0189
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
0191
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
P00566
0350
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
0195
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0196
Das, Gunada
P00575
0359
H
F
H
1939
khyal
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1961
khyal
0199
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
P00582
0366
O
M
H
1919

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