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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P00695
0490
1860
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
O
M
M
1907
santur
P00694
0489
1859
Ghulam Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00693
0488
1858
Ghulam Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P06805
0467
1857
Ghalam Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1928
sitar
P00691
0486
1856
Ghulam Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1912
tabla
P00731
0531
1855
Gosh-Dastidar Nitya Priya
H
M
H
1920
dhrupad
khyal
P00690
0485
1854
Ghosh, Supriti
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00689
0484
1853
Ghoshm Savitri
H
F
H
1922
khyal
others
P00684
0478
1852
Ghosh Radhagovindra
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
P00688
0482
1851
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00687
0481
1850
Ghoshm Lalita
H
F
H
1933
others
P00686
0480
1849
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
others
P00640
0432
1848
Gosh, Ardhendu
H
M
H
1914
violin
P00683
0477
1847
Ghose. Asrukuna
H
?
H
1930
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00682
0476
1846
Ghose, Santidev
O
M
H
1910
vocal
P00681
0475
1845
Ghose, Rathin
H
M
H
1902
others
P00680
0474
1844
Ghose Dastidar, Bijan
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00679
0473
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
P00678
0472
1842
Ghosal, Malati
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
P00677
0471
1841
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00676
0470
1840
Ghangrekar Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1902
tabla
P00675
0469
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00673
0466
1838
George, K.S.
C
M
O
1927
vocal
P00671
0464
1837
Gazder, Ali
O
M
M
1930
others
P00670
0463
1836
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
C
F
H
1959
vina
P05853
0462
1835
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
H
M
H
1924
khyal
others
P00669
0461
1834
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00667
0459
1833
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00663
0455
1832
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
H
F
H
others
P00666
0458
1831
Gunguly, Tarum Kumar
H
M
H
1935
tabla
P00655
0447
1830
Ganduly, Shyam
H
M
H
1911
sarod
P00665
0457
1829
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
H
M
H
1911
tabla
P00664
0456
1828
Ganguli, Anjali
H
F
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00662
0454
1827
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
H
F
H
1935
khyal
P00661
0453
1826
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Ganesh
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P00660
0452
1825
Gangadharam, T.R.
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
P00659
0451
1824
Gangadaram Pillai V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00658
0450
1823
Ganesan, Parur M.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00657
0449
1822
Ganesa Iyer, Nagercoil S.
C
M
H
1919
mridangam
P00656
0448
1821
Ganesa Bhagava, S
C
M
H
1907
P00654
0446
1820
Gandhi, Vijayalaxmi Purushottam
H
F
H
1920
khyal
P00653
0445
1819
Gandhi, Amrital Nichhabhai
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P00652
0444
1818
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00651
0443
1817
Gajendragadkar, Arvind Ramachandra
H
M
H
1928
flute
svaramandal
P00650
0442
1816
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
H
M
H
1932
tabla
P00649
0441
1815
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
O
M
H
1929
vocal
P00648
0440
1814
Gadhari, Mecharaj Mulubha
H
M
H
1931
others
P00647
0439
1813
Gadgil, Shakunthala Viswanath
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P00497
0272
1812
Falanir Mali (Chaliha Padmadir)
O
M
H
1895
vocal
P00646
0438
1811
Firods Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P00644
0436
1810
Faquir Chand
H
M
M
1933
tabla
P00645
0437
1809
Fauyaz Ahmed Khan(Faiyaz Jaipuri)
H
M
M
1926
khyal
P00643
0435
1808
Easwaran, Manargudi
C
M
H
1947
mridangam
P00591
0377
1807
Datta, Birendranath
H
M
H
1935
others
P00642
0434
1806
Durgam Balasubramanyam
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00638
0430
1805
Duraikkannu, N.K.
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
P00035
0429
1804
Durai, Guruvayur
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
P00486
0260
1803
Bubolia, Uma Rani
H
F
H
1936
others
P00485
0259
1802
Bublia, Ram Charan(Vasant)
H
M
H
1929
others
P00636
0427
1801
Doshi, A.V.
H
M
H
1923
sarod
sitar
P00635
0425
1800
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
C
M
H
1920
vina
P00026
0426
1799
Doreswamy, R.N.
C
M
H
1916
vina
P00571
0355
1798
Doraswamy, M.R.
C
M
H
1922
flute
P00633
0423
1797
Doolwal,Ghlam Nabi
H
M
M
1928
vocal
P00631
0421
1796
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
vocal
P00627
0417
1795
Dobbamani, Sunubai Peerama
H
F
H
1917
others
P00629
0419
1794
Doctor, Serene H.
H
F
O
P00628
0418
1793
Doctor, Hirjibhai R
H
M
H
1894
vina
dilruba
vichitra vina
P00626
0416
1792
Dixit, Hermendra Venilal
H
M
H
1928
flute
P00625
0415
1791
Dixit, Bhau Sadeb
H
M
H
1927
tabla
P00624
0414
1790
Divatia Kshemendra Virmitra
H
M
H
1924
others
P00623
0413
1789
Dhulekar, Sharadabai
H
F
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00622
0412
1788
Dhoolji Khan
H
M
M
1902
tabla
P00620
0410
1787
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
C
F
H
1926
vocal
P00619
0409
1786
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00618
0408
1785
Dhagem Shridhar Wamanrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00617
0407
1784
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal
P00010
0406
1783
Devendrappa, Rao
C
M
H
1899
vocal
P00616
0405
1782
Devarjan, Pravur G.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00615
0404
1781
Devadhar, Vaman Chintaman
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P00614
0403
1780
Desikachar, V.
C
M
H
1924
flute
P00613
0402
1779
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P00612
0401
1778
Deshpande, Vasudeo
H
M
H
1927
khyal
others
P00611
0400
1777
Deshpande, Vasant Shivaram
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00610
0399
1776
Deshpande, Vaman Hari
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00609
0398
1775
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00608
0397
1774
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00607
0396
1773
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00606
0395
1772
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00605
0394
1771
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00603
0392
1770
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
H
M
H
1890
others
P00602
0391
1769
Desai, Thakorbhai Khushalbhai
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P06818
0390
1768
Desai, Nildhara
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P00601
0389
1767
Desai, Chatanya Pundarik
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P06082
0388
1766
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1901
khyal
P00600
0387
1765
Deo, Yeshwant
H
M
H
1926
others
P00599
0386
1764
Deo, Rajabhau
H
M
H
1917
khyal
others
P00598
0385
1763
Dayal Singh
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
bin
P00597
0384
1762
Dayal Chandra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
vocal
khol
P00092
0383
1761
Dawood, Shaikh
H
M
M
1916
tabla