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
P00596
0382
1760
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshankar
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00594
0380
1759
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
H
M
H
1917
others
P00595
0381
1758
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
P00593
0379
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
H
M
H
1946
sitar
P00592
0378
1756
Datta, Kanai
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P00591
0377
1755
Datta, Birendranath
H
M
H
1935
others
P00028
0376
1754
Dastur, Firoz Bejanji(Feredoon)
H
M
M
1919
khyal
P00589
0374
1753
Dasgupta, Sushil
H
M
H
1923
flute
P00588
0373
1752
Dasgupta, Mira
H
F
H
1944
khyal
P00587
0372
1751
Dasgupta, Krishna
H
M
H
1938
khyal
others
P05927
0371
1750
Dasgupta, Buddhave
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P00586
0370
1749
Dasappa, G.R.
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P00585
0369
1748
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Sachin Das Motilal)
H
M
H
1914
khyal
others
dhrupad
P00584
0368
1747
Das, Reba
H
M
H
1934
khyal
others
P00583
0367
1746
Das, Ram Saram
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P01829
1689
1745
Raghab Chandra
H
M
H
1922
others
P00581
0365
1744
Das, Mira
H
F
H
1924
khyal
P00580
0364
1743
Das, Minakshi
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
P00579
0363
1742
Das, Lakshahira(Chanu)
H
M
H
1933
others
P00578
0362
1741
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00577
0361
1740
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
tabla
esraj
violin
P00576
0360
1739
Das, Kalipada
O
M
H
1943
vocal
P00575
0359
1738
Das, Gamada
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P00574
0358
1737
Das, Balkrishna
H
M
H
1923
khyal
others
P00573
0357
1736
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
vocal
P00572
0356
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
H
F
H
1946
sarod
P00570
0354
1734
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
natu(kashmiri-instrument)
P00569
0353
1733
Dantale, Govindrao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00568
0352
1732
Dandapani, Anayampatty
C
M
H
1926
jaltarang
violin
P00567
0351
1731
Damel, Anant Shankar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00564
0348
1730
Dakshinmurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00565
0349
1729
Dakshinamurthy, V.
C
M
H
1919
vocal
P00563
0347
1728
Dakshinamurthy B.
C
M
H
1928
violin
P00562
0346
1727
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
C
M
H
1924
tavil
P00561
0345
1726
Dakshina moorthy. Kovai R.
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P06047
0342
1725
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P00560
0340
1724
Chuttanlal, Chandalal
H
M
H
1927
pakhavaj
P00554
0334
1723
Choudaman, A
C
M
H
1949
vocal
P00558
0338
1722
Chowdhuri, Priya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
P00556
0336
1721
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
O
F
H
1937
vocal
P00555
0335
1720
Choudhry, Dwijen
O
M
H
1912
vocal
P00549
0329
1719
Choudhury, Bela
H
F
H
1942
khyal
others
P00553
0333
1718
Chorghade, Vimal L
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
P00552
0332
1717
Chopra, Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P00551
0331
1716
Chopra, N.N.
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00550
0330
1715
Chokkamma, N.
C
F
H
1922
vina
P00547
0325
1714
Chittaranjan, Mahabhashyam
C
M
H
1938
vocal
P00025
0326
1713
Chitti Abbai, Domada
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
P00548
0328
1712
Chitti, Chippada
C
M
H
1926
Nagaswaram
clarinet
trumpet
P00019
0327
1711
Chitti Babu
C
M
H
1936
vina
P00546
0324
1710
Chitra Gupta
O
M
H
1919
P00545
0323
1709
Chinoy, Usha Romeshchandra
H
F
H
1929
khyal
P00541
0319
1708
Chinna Satyanarayana, Nookala
C
M
H
1927
others
P00540
0317
1707
Chiana Peeru Saheb
C
M
M
1906
nagasvaram
P00543
0321
1706
Chinchore, P.N.
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00012
0318
1705
Chikhalikar, Nikanath Buva
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00539
0316
1704
Chhaya Pushpa
H
F
H
1936
others
P00538
0315
1703
Chhattu, Prem Nath
H
F
H
1918
sitar
P02154
0314
1702
Chhatrapati Singh
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
P00536
0313
1701
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P00499
0274
1700
Chamma Khan
H
M
M
1927
tabla
P00472
0245
1699
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1901
vina
flute
P00533
0310
1698
Chellappa K. (Haripad Brothers)
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
P00534
0311
1697
Chellappa Panicker K.(Haripad Brothers)
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
P00535
0312
1696
Chellappa, K.S.
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
P00532
0309
1695
Chellam Iyenger, Salem D.
C
M
H
1923
vocal
P00531
0308
1694
Chawda, Nagardas Arjunbhai
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00530
0307
1693
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
P00038
0306
1692
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
H
M
H
1938
flute
P00528
0304
1691
Chauhan, Laljibhai Virajibhai
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P00526
0302
1690
Chaudhari, Suresh
H
M
H
1929
others
P00527
0303
1689
Chaudhuri, Debabrata
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P00525
0301
1688
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P06808
0005
1687
Chaubey, Lakxhman Prasad
H
M
H
1909
dhrupad
others
P00524
0300
1686
Chaube, Amresh Chandra
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00523
0299
1685
Chatuvedi, Laxman Prasad
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
P00522
0298
1684
Chaturvedi, Balji
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
others
P00521
0297
1683
Chattopadhyay, Chimmay
O
M
H
1930
P00520
0296
1682
Chatterjje Sankha Kumar
H
M
H
1936
tabla
P00519
0295
1681
Chatterjee, Prabir Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P00518
0294
1680
Chatterjee, Debi Prasad
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00516
0292
1679
Chari, Prabhakar Govind
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00514
0290
1678
Channamma, C.
C
F
H
1913
P00505
0280
1677
Channakeshaviah, Natanahalli
C
M
H
1895
vocal
P00512
0288
1676
Changkoti, Keshab
H
M
H
1930
tabla
P00511
0287
1675
Chandrasekhariah, R.
C
M
H
1915
vocal
P00510
0286
1674
Chandrasekharaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang
P00509
0285
1673
Chandrasekharaiah, Attoney S.
C
M
H
1905
vina
P00508
0284
1672
Chandrasekhara Gupta, K.S.
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P00055
0283
1671
Chandrasekaran, M.
C
M
H
1937
violin
P00507
0282
1670
Chandrappa. S
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P00506
0281
1669
Chandramouli, Kerlepalem
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00505
0280
1668
Chandrakala, B.S.
C
F
H
1931
violin
P00503
0278
1667
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
P00504
0279
1666
Chandra Singh
C
M
H
1921
vocal
P00502
0277
1665
Chanda Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1930
sarangi
P00498
0273
1664
Chaliha, Parag
H
M
H
1924
others
P00495
0270
1663
Chakravarty, Manash
H
M
H
1949
khyal
P00496
0271
1662
Chakravartym Bharati
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P00494
0269
1661
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal

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