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
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
P00695
0490
O
M
M
1907
santur
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
P00694
0489
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
P00693
0488
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
1857
Ghalam Ahmed Khan
P06805
0467
H
M
M
1928
sitar
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
P00691
0486
H
M
M
1912
tabla
1855
Gosh-Dastidar Nitya Priya
P00731
0531
H
M
H
1920
dhrupad
khyal
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
P00690
0485
O
F
H
1922
Vocal
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
P00689
0484
H
F
H
1922
khyal
Others
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
P00684
0478
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
1851
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
P00688
0482
H
M
H
1919
khyal
1850
Ghoshm Lalita
P00687
0481
H
F
H
1933
Others
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
P00686
0480
H
M
H
1907
khyal
Others
1848
Gosh, Ardhendu
P00640
0432
H
M
H
1914
violin
1847
Ghose. Asrukuna
P00683
0477
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
Others
1846
Ghose, Santidev
P00682
0476
O
M
H
1910
Vocal
1845
Ghose, Rathin
P00681
0475
H
M
H
1902
Others
1844
Ghose Dastidar, Bijan
P00680
0474
H
M
H
1923
khyal
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
P00679
0473
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
1842
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
1841
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
P00677
0471
H
M
H
1915
khyal
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
P00676
0470
H
M
H
1902
tabla
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
1838
George, K.S.
P00673
0466
C
M
Others
1927
Vocal
1837
Gazder, Ali
P00671
0464
O
M
M
1930
others
1836
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
P00670
0463
C
F
H
1959
vina
1835
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
P05853
0462
H
M
H
1924
khyal
Others
1834
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
P00669
0461
H
M
H
1935
sarod
1833
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
P00667
0459
H
M
H
1908
khyal
1832
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
P00663
0455
H
F
H
Others
1831
Gunguly, Tarum Kumar
P00666
0458
H
M
H
1935
tabla
1830
Ganduly, Shyam
P00655
0447
H
M
H
1911
sarod
1829
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
P00665
0457
H
M
H
1911
tabla
1828
Ganguli, Anjali
P00664
0456
H
F
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1827
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
P00662
0454
H
F
H
1935
khyal
1826
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Ganesh
P00661
0453
H
M
H
1932
khyal
1825
Gangadharam, T.R.
P00660
0452
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
1824
Gangadaram Pillai V.
P00659
0451
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
1823
Ganesan, Parur M.
P00658
0450
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
1822
Ganesa Iyer, Nagercoil S.
P00657
0449
C
M
H
1919
mridangam
1821
Ganesa Bhagava, S
P00656
0448
C
M
H
1907
1820
Gandhi, Vijayalaxmi Purushottam
P00654
0446
H
F
H
1920
khyal
1819
Gandhi, Amrital Nichhabhai
P00653
0445
H
M
H
1931
khyal
1818
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
P00652
0444
H
M
H
1914
khyal
1817
Gajendragadkar, Arvind Ramachandra
P00651
0443
H
M
H
1928
flute
svaramandal
1816
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
P00650
0442
H
M
H
1932
tabla
1815
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
P00649
0441
O
M
H
1929
Vocal
1814
Gadhari, Mecharaj Mulubha
P00648
0440
H
M
H
1931
Others
1813
Gadgil, Shakunthala Viswanath
P00647
0439
H
M
H
1929
khyal
1812
Falanir Mali (Chaliha Padmadir)
P00497
0272
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
1811
Firods Ahmed Khan
P00646
0438
H
M
M
1947
sarod
1810
Faquir Chand
P00644
0436
H
M
M
1933
tabla
1809
Fauyaz Ahmed Khan(Faiyaz Jaipuri)
P00645
0437
H
M
M
1926
khyal
1808
Easwaran, Manargudi
P00643
0435
C
M
H
1947
mridangam
1807
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
H
M
H
1935
Others
1806
Durgam Balasubramanyam
P00642
0434
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
1805
Duraikkannu, N.K.
P00638
0430
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
1804
Durai, Guruvayur
P00035
0429
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
1803
Bubolia, Uma Rani
P00486
0260
H
F
H
1936
Others
1802
Bublia, Ram Charan(Vasant)
P00485
0259
H
M
H
1929
others
1801
Doshi, A.V.
P00636
0427
H
M
H
1923
sarod
sitar
1800
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
P00635
0425
C
M
H
1920
vina
1799
Doreswamy, R.N.
P00026
0426
C
M
H
1916
vina
1798
Doraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
1797
Doolwal,Ghlam Nabi
P00633
0423
H
M
M
1928
Vocal
1796
Dominic Pereira
P00631
0421
O
M
O
1900
Vocal
1795
Dobbamani, Sunubai Peerama
P00627
0417
H
F
H
1917
Others
1794
Doctor, Serene H.
P00629
0419
H
F
Others
1793
Doctor, Hirjibhai R
P00628
0418
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vchitra vina
vina
1792
Dixit, Hermendra Venilal
P00626
0416
H
M
H
1928
flute
1791
Dixit, Bhau Sadeb
P00625
0415
H
M
H
1927
tabla
1790
Divatia Kshemendra Virmitra
P00624
0414
H
M
H
1924
Others
1789
Dhulekar, Sharadabai
P00623
0413
H
F
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1788
Dhoolji Khan
P00622
0412
H
M
M
1902
tabla
1787
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
P00620
0410
C
F
H
1926
Vocal
1786
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
P00619
0409
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1785
Dhagem Shridhar Wamanrao
P00618
0408
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1784
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
1783
Devendrappa, Rao
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
1782
Devarjan, Pravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1781
Devadhar, Vaman Chintaman
P00615
0404
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1780
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
1779
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1778
Deshpande, Vasudeo
P00612
0401
H
M
H
1927
khyal
Others
1777
Deshpande, Vasant Shivaram
P00611
0400
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1776
Deshpande, Vaman Hari
P00610
0399
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1775
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
1774
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
1773
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
H
1918
khyal
1772
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
1771
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
1770
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
1769
Desai, Thakorbhai Khushalbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
1768
Desai, Nildhara
0390
H
M
H
1927
khyal
1767
Desai, Chatanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
1766
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1901
khyal
1765
Deo, Yeshwant
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
1764
Deo, Rajabhau
P00599
0386
H
M
H
1917
khyal
Others
1763
Dayal Singh
P00598
0385
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
bin
1762
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
khol
1761
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla

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