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
P01256
1090
0701
Narayana Rao, Arankere
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P01257
1091
0702
Narayana Rao, D
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P01258
1092
0703
Narayana Shastry, C.(Ramana Das)
C
F
H
1913
vocal
P01260
1094
0705
Narayanamurthym Satavalli
C
M
H
1917
vocal
P01261
1095
0706
Narayanappa, A.V.
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P01263
1097
0707
Narayanaswami, K.S.
C
M
H
1914
vina
P01266
1100
0708
Narayanaswamy, Chalakudy, N.S.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P01264
1098
0709
Narayanaswamy Palghat K.V.
C
M
H
1923
vocal
P01265
1099
0710
Narayanaswamy Rudrapayna Krishnappa
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01268
1102
0711
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
vocal
P01269
1103
0712
Nasir Ahmad Khan
H
M
M
1930
khyal
others
P01270
1104
0713
Nataraja Chidambaram, T.V.
C
M
H
1925
nagasvaram
P01275
1110
0714
Natarajiyer, Chidambaram
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
P03167
1105
0715
Natarajan, A.K.C.
C
M
H
1930
clarinet
P01272
1106
0716
Natarajan, S.P.
C
M
H
1933
flute
P01276
1111
0717
Natesa Pillai, Mannargudi
C
M
H
1902
mursing
P01277
1112
0718
Natesiah, Rallapalli
C
M
H
1889
vocal
P01278
1113
0719
Nathamuni Pandithar, M
C
M
H
1886
flute
P01280
1115
0720
Natu Govind Narayan
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P01281
1116
0721
Naushad Ali
O
M
M
1919
P01283
1118
0722
Navaneetham, S.
C
M
H
1922
ghatam
P01284
1119
0723
Navaneetham, T.R.
C
M
H
1922
flute
P01286
1121
0724
Nayak, Champakla Chhabidas
H
M
H
1910
dhrupad
others
P01287
1122
0725
Nayak, Dalsukhram R
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P01292
1127
0726
Neela, Balasubramaniam
C
F
H
1912
vocal
P01293
1128
0727
NeelakantanNambissan, K.
C
M
H
1919
vocal
P01294
1129
0728
Neelakantha Iyer, Kalidas N.
C
M
H
1903
vina
P01295
1130
0729
Neelamma, Kadambi
C
F
H
1911
vina
P01296
1131
0730
Nigam, Ira
H
M
H
1930
others
P01298
1133
0731
Nimbargi, Gajanan Ramchandra
H
M
H
1919
khyal
violin
P00072
1134
0732
Nisar Husain Khan
H
M
M
1906
khyal
P01299
1135
0733
Nizamuddin,Peer
H
M
M
1906
others
P01300
1136
0734
Padhy, Kashinath
H & C
M
H
1918
vocal
P01301
1137
0735
Padma, A.S.
C
F
H
1929
vina
P01302
1138
0736
Padma, Gopalakrishnan
C
F
H
1929
vocal
P01303
1139
0737
Padma, Vella Chandramouly
C
F
H
1929
vina
P01304
1140
0738
Padmarao, M.N.
H
M
H
1922
flute
P01305
1141
0739
Palaninathan, S.
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
P01830
1690
0740
Paluskar, Chintamanrao Gopal
H
M
H
1889
khyal
P01831
1691
0741
Paluskar, Dhundiraj
H
M
H
1900
violin
P01306
1142
0742
Panda, Gopal Chandra
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
P01307
1143
0743
Pande, Malati Waman
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P01809
1669
0744
Pandy, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
P01832
1692
0745
Pandey, Tansen
H
M
M
1908
dhrupad
P00050
1145
0746
Pandit, Krishna Rao Shankar Rao
H
M
H
1893
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00052
1652
0747
Pandit, Laxman Krishnarao
H
M
H
1934
khyal
P01309
1146
0748
Pandit, Mahanlal Ramchandra
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
P01310
1147
0749
Pandit, Narayanrao Krishnarao
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P01311
1148
0750
Pandit, Sagar
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
P01312
1149
0751
Pandurahga Raji, Dattada
H
M
H
1929
others
P01765
1621
0752
Pundya, Bansilal Ratilal
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P01796
1655
0753
Pandhya, Chandrashekhar
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01313
1150
0754
Pandya, Mahendrabhai
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P01314
1151
0755
Panicker, Sankaranarayana K.
C
M
H
1911
nagasvaram
P00850
0661
0756
Panigrahi, Raghunath
H & C
M
H
1934
vocal
P01810
1670
0757
Pant, Chandrashekhar*
H
M
H
1912
dhrupad
khyal
P01315
1152
0758
Pant, Girdhari Lal
H
M
H
1923
others
P01768
1624
0759
Pradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P01316
1153
0760
Parameswara Bhagavathar, P
C
M
H
1888
vina
P01821
1681
0761
Pramjpe, Sharadchandra Shridhar
H
M
H
1920
violin
P01317
1154
0762
Parashuraman, B
C
M
H
1913
vocal
P01318
1155
0763
Parasuraman, Pazhayanur N.
C
M
H
1923
vocal
P01319
1156
0764
Pareek, Badri Narain
H
M
H
1932
pakhavaj
P01320
1157
0765
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
P01321
1158
0766
Parikh, Arvind N.
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01323
1160
0767
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal
P01324
1161
0768
Parikh, Mrudula Natverlal
H
M
H
1940
khyal
P01325
1162
0769
Parikh, Natverlal Keshavlal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01326
1163
0770
Parthasarathy, K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01327
1164
0771
Parthasarathy, N.C.
C
M
H
1917
vina
P01328
1165
0772
Parvathavardhini
C
F
H
1935
vina
P01767
1623
0773
Prvathy D.,
C
F
H
1930
vocal
P01330
1167
0774
Parvathy, Mahadevan
H & C
F
H
1927
vocal
P01329
1166
0775
Parvathy S.
C
F
H
1918
vocal
P01774
1631
0776
Parvatikar, D.R.
H
M
H
1916
sitar
svaramandal
P01331
1168
0777
Parvatkar, Ganpat Nikanta
H
M
H
1929
tabla
P00075
1169
0778
Parwen, Sultana
H
F
H
1948
others
P01332
1170
0779
Pasupathi, D.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P01334
1172
0780
Patel, Ishverlal Kuberdas
C
M
H
1926
violin
P01335
1173
0781
Patel, Raojibhai
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01336
1174
0782
Patel, Vipinchandra Maganlal
H
M
H
1935
khyal
P05978
1175
0783
Pathak, Balaram
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P01338
1176
0784
Pathal, Bindumadhav
H
M
H
1935
bin
P01339
1177
0785
Pathak, Dattopant Bindumadhav
H
M
H
1902
bin
P01813
1673
0786
Pathak, Ganga Prasad
H
M
H
1899
khyal
P01340
1178
0787
Pathak, Hrishikesh Nanubhai
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P01341
1179
0788
Pathak, Panchaanan
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P01342
1180
0789
Patil, Ajjanna, U.
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P01815
1675
0790
Patnaik, Kali Charan
H
M
H
1897
others
P01343
1181
0791
Patnaik Sunada
H
F
H
1934
khyal
P01344
1182
0792
Patra, Annta Charan
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01345
1183
0793
Patra, Jogiraj
C
M
H
1936
vina
P01346
1184
0794
Patro, Tarini Charan
H
M
H
1901
others
P01347
1185
0795
Pattammal, D.K.
C
F
H
1919
vocal
P01348
1186
0796
Patwardhan, Narayan Vinayak
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P01348
1677
0797
Patwardhan, Vinayak Narayan
H
M
H
1898
khyal
P01792
1649
0798
Pendse, Madhukar S.
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P01818
1678
0799
Phulambrikar, Krishnarao Ganesh (Master Krishna Rao)
H
M
H
1898
khyal
others
P01350
1188
0800
Pichaiappa, Mulikkarai Sethu
C
M
H
1913
nagasvaram

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