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
0201
Das, Ram Saran
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
P00028
0376
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0208
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1902
khyal
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
0217
Desai, Nidhara
0390
H
F
H
1927
khyal
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
M
1918
khyal
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
P00604
0393
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0227
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0229
Devendrappa, B.
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
0231
Dhage, Shridhar Wamanrao
P00618
0408
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0232
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
P00619
0409
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0233
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
P00620
0410
C
F
H
1926
Vocal
0234
Dhoolji Khan
P00622
0412
H
M
M
1902
tabla
0235
Dhulekar, Sharadabai Pyarebhai
P00623
0413
H
M
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
Others
0236
Divatia, Kshemendra Virmitra
P00624
0414
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0237
Dixit, Bhau Seheb
P00625
0415
H
M
H
1927
tabla
0238
Dixit, Hemendra Venilal
P00626
0416
H
M
H
1928
flute
0239
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
P00628
0418
H
M
H
1894
vchitra vina
dilruba
dilruba
0240
Doddamani, Sounbai
P00630
0420
H
F
H
1919
khyal
Others
0241
Dominic Pereira
P00631
0421
O
M
Others
1900
violin
0242
Doolwal, Ghulam Nabi(Janbaz)
P00632
0422
H
M
M
1929
banjo
flute
tabla
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
0244
Doreswamy, R.N.
P00026
0426
C
M
H
1916
vina
0245
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
P00635
0425
C
M
H
1920
vina
0246
Doshi, Amriklal Virji
P00637
0428
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0247
Doshi, Amubhai V.
P00637
0428
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0248
Durai, Guruvayur
P00035
0429
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
0249
Duraikkannu, N.K.
P00638
0430
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
0250
Dutta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
O
M
H
1935
violin
0251
Faqir Chand
P00644
0436
H
M
H
1933
tabla
0252
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
P00649
0441
O
M
H
1929
Vocal
0253
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
P00650
0442
H
M
H
1932
tabla
0254
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
P00652
0444
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0255
Gandhi, Amritlal Nichhabhai
P00653
0445
H
M
H
1931
khyal
0256
Gandhi, Vijayalaxinl Purushottam
P00654
0446
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0257
Ganesa Bhagavathar, S.
P00656
0448
C
M
H
1907
Vocal
0258
Ganesan, Parur M.
P00658
0450
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
0259
Gangadaram Pilla V.
P00659
0451
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
0260
Gangadaran, T.R.
P00660
0452
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
0261
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Gandesh
P00661
0453
H
M
H
1932
khyal
0262
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
P00662
0454
H
M
H
1933
khyal
0263
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
P00665
0457
H
M
H
1911
tabla
0264
Ganguly, Tarum Kumar
P00666
0458
H
M
H
1935
tabla
0265
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
P00667
0459
H
M
H
1908
khyal
0266
Garg, Laxminarayan
P00668
0460
H
M
H
1932
sitar
0267
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
P05853
0462
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0268
Gazder, Adi Jameshed
P00671
0464
O
M
M
1930
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
0270
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
P00669
0461
H
M
H
1935
sarod
0271
George, K.S.
P00673
0466
C
M
Others
1927
Vocal
0272
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
P00677
0471
H
M
H
1915
khyal
0273
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
Others
0274
Ghose, Rathin
P00681
0475
O
M
H
1920
Vocal
0275
Ghose, Santiv
P00682
0476
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
0276
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
0278
Ghose-Dastidar, Bijon
P00680
0474
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
0280
Ghulam Husain Khan
P00692
0487
H
M
M
1928
sitar
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
H
M
M
1907
santur
0284
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
P00529
0305
H
M
M
1933
khyal
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
0286
Ginde, Krishna
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
0287
Giri Raj
P06104
0497
H
M
H
1938
sitar
0288
Girija Devi
P00032
0498
H
F
H
1929
khyal
Others
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
P00703
0501
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
P00704
0502
H
M
H
1894
khyal
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
P00053
0503
H
M
H
1919
tabla
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
khyal
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
P00706
0505
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
P00710
0509
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
0295
Gopala Rao, L.
P00715
0515
C
M
H
1918
vina
0296
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
P00716
0516
C
M
H
1902
Vocal
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
P00717
0517
C
M
H
1883
violin
0298
Gopalakrishna Panicker, K.
P00718
0518
C
M
H
1914
nagasvaram
0299
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
P00719
0519
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
0300
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
P00720
0520
C
M
H
1931
violin

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