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
1760
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshankar
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
1759
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
1758
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
P00593
0379
H
M
H
1946
sitar
1756
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
1755
Datta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
H
M
H
1935
Others
1754
Dastur, Firoz Bejanji(Feredoon)
P00028
0376
H
M
M
1919
khyal
1753
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
1752
Dasgupta, Mira
P00588
0373
H
F
H
1944
khyal
1751
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1938
khyal
Others
1750
Dasgupta, Buddhave
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
1749
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
1748
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Sachin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
dhrupad
1747
Das, Reba
P00584
0368
H
M
H
1934
khyal
Others
1746
Das, Ram Saram
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
1745
Raghab Chandra
P01829
1689
H
M
H
1922
Others
1744
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
F
H
1924
khyal
1743
Das, Minakshi
P00580
0364
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
1742
Das, Lakshahira(Chanu)
P00579
0363
H
M
H
1933
Others
1741
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1918
khyal
1740
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
1739
Das, Kalipada
P00576
0360
O
M
H
1943
Vocal
1738
Das, Gamada
P00575
0359
H
M
H
1939
khyal
1737
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
Others
1736
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
P00572
0356
H
F
H
1946
sarod
1734
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
natu(kashmiri-instrument)
1733
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
1732
Dandapani, Anayampatty
P00568
0352
C
M
H
1926
violin
jaltarang
1731
Damel, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
1730
Dakshinmurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
1729
Dakshinamurthy, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
1728
Dakshinamurthy B.
P00563
0347
C
M
H
1928
violin
1727
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
1726
Dakshina moorthy. Kovai R.
P00561
0345
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
1725
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
1724
Chuttanlal, Chandalal
P00560
0340
H
M
H
1927
pakhavaj
1723
Choudaman, A
P00554
0334
C
M
H
1949
Vocal
1722
Chowdhuri, Priya Lal
P00558
0338
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
1721
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
P00556
0336
O
F
H
1937
Vocal
1720
Choudhry, Dwijen
P00555
0335
O
M
H
1912
Vocal
1719
Choudhury, Bela
P00549
0329
H
F
H
1942
khyal
Others
1718
Chorghade, Vimal L
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
1717
Chopra, Vinod Kumar
P00552
0332
H
M
H
1948
tabla
1716
Chopra, N.N.
P00551
0331
H
M
H
1908
khyal
1715
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
1714
Chittaranjan, Mahabhashyam
P00547
0325
C
M
H
1938
Vocal
1713
Chitti Abbai, Domada
P00025
0326
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
1712
Chitti, Chippada
P00548
0328
C
M
H
1926
clarinet
nagaswaram
trumpet
1711
Chitti Babu
P00019
0327
C
M
H
1936
vina
1710
Chitra Gupta
P00546
0324
O
M
H
1919
1709
Chinoy, Usha Romeshchandra
P00545
0323
H
F
H
1929
khyal
1708
Chinna Satyanarayana, Nookala
P00541
0319
C
M
H
1927
Others
1707
Chiana Peeru Saheb
P00540
0317
C
M
M
1906
nagasvaram
1706
Chinchore, P.N.
P00543
0321
H
M
H
1918
khyal
1705
Chikhalikar, Nikanath Buva
P00012
0318
H
M
H
1913
khyal
1704
Chhaya Pushpa
P00539
0316
H
F
H
1936
Others
1703
Chhattu, Prem Nath
P00538
0315
H
F
H
1918
sitar
1702
Chhatrapati Singh
P02154
0314
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
1701
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
P00536
0313
H
M
H
1926
sitar
1700
Chamma Khan
P00499
0274
H
M
M
1927
tabla
1699
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
P00472
0245
C
M
H
1901
vina
flute
1698
Chellappa K. (Haripad Brothers)
P00533
0310
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
1697
Chellappa Panicker K.(Haripad Brothers)
P00534
0311
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
1696
Chellappa, K.S.
P00535
0312
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
1695
Chellam Iyenger, Salem D.
P00532
0309
C
M
H
1923
Vocal
1694
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
P00531
0308
H
M
H
1905
khyal
1693
Chavda, Kishan Singh
P00530
0307
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
1692
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
P00038
0306
H
M
H
1938
flute
1691
Chauhan, Laljibhai Virajibhai
P00528
0304
H
M
H
1929
khyal
1690
Chaudhari, Suresh
P00526
0302
H
M
H
1929
Others
1689
Chaudhuri, Debabrata
P00527
0303
H
M
H
1934
sitar
1688
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
P00525
0301
H
M
H
1908
khyal
1687
Chaubey, Lakxhman Prasad
0005
H
M
H
1909
dhrupad
Others
1686
Chaube, Amresh Chandra
P00524
0300
H
M
H
1926
khyal
1685
Chatuvedi, Laxman Prasad
P00523
0299
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
1684
Chaturvedi, Balji
P00522
0298
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
Others
1683
Chattopadhyay, Chimmay
P00521
0297
O
M
H
1930
1682
Chatterjje Sankha Kumar
P00520
0296
H
M
H
1936
tabla
1681
Chatterjee, Prabir Kumar
P00519
0295
H
M
H
1948
tabla
1680
Chatterjee, Debi Prasad
P00518
0294
H
F
H
1945
sitar
1679
Chari, Prabhakar Govind
P00516
0292
H
M
H
1926
tabla
1678
Channamma, C.
P00514
0290
C
F
H
1913
1677
Channakeshaviah, Natanahalli
P00505
0280
C
M
H
1895
Vocal
1676
Changkoti, Keshab
P00512
0288
H
M
H
1930
tabla
1675
Chandrasekhariah, R.
P00511
0287
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
1674
Chandrasekharaiah, M.S.
P00510
0286
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
1673
Chandrasekharaiah, Attoney S.
P00509
0285
C
M
H
1905
vina
1672
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
P00508
0284
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
1671
Chandrasekaran, M.
P00055
0283
C
M
H
1937
violin
1670
Chandrappa. S
P00507
0282
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
1669
Chandramouli, Kerlepalem
P00506
0281
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
1668
Chandrakala, B.S.
P00505
0280
C
F
H
1931
violin
1667
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
P00503
0278
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
1666
Chandra Singh
P00504
0279
C
M
H
1921
Vocal
1665
Chanda Hussein Khan
P00502
0277
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
1664
Chaliha, Parag
P00498
0273
H
M
H
1924
Others
1663
Chakravarty, Manash
P00495
0270
H
M
H
1949
khyal
1662
Chakravartym Bharati
P00496
0271
H
M
H
1946
khyal
1661
Chakravarti, Aparna
P00494
0269
H
F
H
khyal

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