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

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