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
P00583
0367
0201
Das, Ram Saran
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P00585
0369
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00586
0370
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
C
M
H
1912
P05927
0371
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P00587
0372
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
H
M
H
1937
khyal
others
P00589
0374
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
H
M
H
1923
flute
P00028
0376
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00592
0378
0208
Datta, Kanai
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P00595
0381
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
P00594
0380
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
H
M
H
1917
others
P00596
0382
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00092
0383
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
H
M
M
1916
tabla
P00597
0384
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
vocal
P00600
0387
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
H
M
H
1926
others
P06082
0388
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P00601
0389
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P06818
0390
0217
Desai, Nidhara
H
F
H
1927
khyal
P00602
0391
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P00603
0392
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
H
M
H
1890
others
P00605
0394
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00606
0395
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00607
0396
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
H
M
M
1918
khyal
P00608
0397
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00609
0398
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00604
0393
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00613
0402
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00614
0403
0227
Desikachar, V.
C
M
H
1924
flute
P00616
0405
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00010
0406
0229
Devendrappa, B.
C
M
H
1899
vocal
P00617
0407
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal
P00618
0408
0231
Dhage, Shridhar Wamanrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00619
0409
0232
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00620
0410
0233
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
C
F
H
1926
vocal
P00622
0412
0234
Dhoolji Khan
H
M
M
1902
tabla
P00623
0413
0235
Dhulekar, Sharadabai Pyarebhai
H
M
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00624
0414
0236
Divatia, Kshemendra Virmitra
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00625
0415
0237
Dixit, Bhau Seheb
H
M
H
1927
tabla
P00626
0416
0238
Dixit, Hemendra Venilal
H
M
H
1928
flute
P00628
0418
0239
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vichitra vina
P00630
0420
0240
Doddamani, Sounbai
H
F
H
1919
khyal
others
P00631
0421
0241
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
violin
P00632
0422
0242
Doolwal, Ghulam Nabi(Janbaz)
H
M
M
1929
tabla
flute
banjo
P00571
0355
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
C
M
H
1922
flute
P00026
0426
0244
Doreswamy, R.N.
C
M
H
1916
vina
P00635
0425
0245
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
C
M
H
1920
vina
P00637
0428
0246
Doshi, Amriklal Virji
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00637
0428
0247
Doshi, Amubhai V.
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00035
0429
0248
Durai, Guruvayur
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
P00638
0430
0249
Duraikkannu, N.K.
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
P00591
0377
0250
Dutta, Birendranath
O
M
H
1935
violin
P00644
0436
0251
Faqir Chand
H
M
H
1933
tabla
P00649
0441
0252
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
O
M
H
1929
vocal
P00650
0442
0253
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
H
M
H
1932
tabla
P00652
0444
0254
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00653
0445
0255
Gandhi, Amritlal Nichhabhai
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P00654
0446
0256
Gandhi, Vijayalaxinl Purushottam
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00656
0448
0257
Ganesa Bhagavathar, S.
C
M
H
1907
vocal
P00658
0450
0258
Ganesan, Parur M.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00659
0451
0259
Gangadaram Pilla V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00660
0452
0260
Gangadaran, T.R.
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
P00661
0453
0261
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Gandesh
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P00662
0454
0262
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
H
M
H
1933
khyal
P00665
0457
0263
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
H
M
H
1911
tabla
P00666
0458
0264
Ganguly, Tarum Kumar
H
M
H
1935
tabla
P00667
0459
0265
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00668
0460
0266
Garg, Laxminarayan
H
M
H
1932
sitar
P05853
0462
0267
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00671
0464
0268
Gazder, Adi Jameshed
O
M
M
1930
P00675
0469
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00669
0461
0270
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00673
0466
0271
George, K.S.
C
M
O
1927
vocal
P00677
0471
0272
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00678
0472
0273
Ghosal, Malati
H
M
H
1902
others
P00681
0475
0274
Ghose, Rathin
O
M
H
1920
vocal
P00682
0476
0275
Ghose, Santiv
O
M
H
1910
vocal
P00686
0480
0276
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00684
0478
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
P00680
0474
0278
Ghose-Dastidar, Bijon
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00691
0486
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
H
M
M
1912
tabla
P00692
0487
0280
Ghulam Husain Khan
H
M
M
1928
sitar
P00693
0488
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00694
0489
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00695
0490
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
H
M
M
1907
santur
P00529
0305
0284
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
H
M
M
1933
khyal
P00696
0492
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
P00042
0496
0286
Ginde, Krishna
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
P06104
0497
0287
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P00032
0498
0288
Girija Devi
H
F
H
1929
khyal
others
P00703
0501
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00704
0502
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
H
M
H
1894
khyal
P00053
0503
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
H
M
H
1919
tabla
P00705
0504
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00706
0505
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00710
0509
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00715
0515
0295
Gopala Rao, L.
C
M
H
1918
vina
P00716
0516
0296
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
C
M
H
1902
vocal
P00717
0517
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
C
M
H
1883
violin
P00718
0518
0298
Gopalakrishna Panicker, K.
C
M
H
1914
nagasvaram
P00719
0519
0299
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
P00720
0520
0300
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
C
M
H
1931
violin

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