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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P00490
0265
1660
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P00489
0264
1659
Butt. Sanna Allah
H
M
M
1912
rabab
P00488
0263
1658
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
C
M
H
1898
violin
P06119
0261
1657
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P00484
0258
1656
Brinda, T.
C
F
H
1912
vocal
P00483
0257
1655
Brahmaish Sastry, Sishtu
C
M
H
1910
violin
P00480
0254
1654
Bose, Sunil
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00478
0252
1653
Bose, Ila
H
F
H
1936
khyal
others
P00477
0251
1652
Bordoli Kalpana
H
F
H
1946
khyal
P00476
0250
1651
Bordolai, Sundor
H
M
H
1916
sitar
P00080
0249
1650
Boral, Rai Chand
H
M
H
1904
tabla
P00475
0248
1649
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00474
0247
1648
Bodas, Shankar Shripad
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00473
0246
1647
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00470
0243
1646
Biswas Joya
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P00471
0244
1645
Biswas, Debabrata
O
M
H
1911
vocal
P00469
0242
1644
Biswas Anil
H
M
H
1914
others
P00014
0241
1643
Bismillah Khan
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
P00468
0240
1642
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P00467
0239
1641
Binapani Misra
H
F
H
1935
khyal
others
P00466
0238
1640
Bina Devi
H
F
H
1932
others
P00465
0237
1639
Bilagi Pyarabai
H
F
H
1899
others
P00463
0235
1638
Bhuyan, Durgaprasad
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00464
0236
1637
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
C
M
H
1922
violin
P00462
0234
1636
Bhullan Khan
H
M
M
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P00460
0232
1635
Bhowmick, K.N.
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P00461
0233
1634
Bhowmik Ila
H
F
H
khyal
others
P00459
0231
1633
Bhosale, Shipatarao Abaji
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
flute
clarinet
P00458
0230
1632
Bhorwani, Parshram P.
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00447
0219
1631
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Shuddasarang)
H
M
H
1896
harmonium
P00041
0218
1630
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
H
F
H
1914
khyal
P00446
0217
1629
Bholanath Prasnana
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
P06203
0216
1628
Bhimshankar Rao
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00444
0215
1627
Bhimpure, Mahesh Balkrishnapati Vajapayee
H
M
H
1937
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00443
0214
1626
Bhil Divaliben
H
M
H
1942
others
P00442
0213
1625
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
H
M
H
1928
tabla
P00441
0212
1624
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
928
khyal
P00440
0211
1623
Bhave, Shamala G.
H
F
H
1941
khyal
others
P00439
0210
1622
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00438
0209
1621
Bhave, Lakshmi G.
H
F
H
1914
khyal
others
P00414
0185
1620
Bharva Narayana Rao, Dwaram
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00437
0208
1619
Bhattacherjee, Dhananjoy
O
M
H
1922
vocal
P00436
0207
1618
Bhattacherjea, Amar Nath
H
M
H
1916
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00397
0168
1617
Bhattacharya Panchanan
O
M
H
1897
vocal
P00433
0204
1616
Bhattacharya, Indranil
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P00432
0203
1615
Bhattacharya, Gouri
H
F
H
1936
dhrupad
khyal
others
P06816
0015
1614
Bhattacharya, Dhirendra Nath
H
M
H
1891
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00435
0206
1613
Bhattacharya. Chitta Ranjan
H
M
H
1920
tabla
sitar
P00430
0201
1612
Bhattacharya, Bibekananda
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P00285
0040
1611
Bhattacharya, Jotin
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P06817
0112
1610
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1917
tabla
P00292
0050
1609
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1942
others
P00427
0198
1608
Bhatt, Shashi Mohan
H
M
H
1929
sitar
P00428
0199
1607
Bhatt, Preeti Ravi Shankar
H
F
H
1940
khyal
P00426
0197
1606
Bhatt, Munnulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00425
0196
1605
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00424
0195
1604
Bhatt, Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
tabla
pakhavaj
guitar
P00422
0193
1603
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad S.
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00421
0192
1602
Bhatt, Balwant Rai Gulabrai(Bhavrang)
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00419
0190
1601
Bhatnagar, S.P.
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P00418
0189
1600
Bhatia, Vanraj
O
M
H
1927
P00415
0186
1599
Bhaskaran Nair Vaikom
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
P00420
0191
1598
Bhatt Dalpat Kumar (Rajkamal)
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P00413
0184
1597
Bharadwaj, Harish
H
M
H
1928
khyal
others
P00412
0183
1596
Bhanja Chaudhuri, Sushil Kumar
H
M
H
1907
surbahar
sitar
P00411
0182
1595
Bhanj, Radhakrishna
H
M
H
1928
others
P00410
0181
1594
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
P00409
0180
1593
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
H
M
H
tabla
P00408
0179
1592
Bhagavathi T.S.
C
F
H
1925
vocal
P00407
0178
1591
Bhagavathi Ammal K,K.
C
F
H
1939
vocal
P00406
0177
1590
Behera, Narayan
C
M
H
1817
vina
P00402
0173
1589
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
vocal
P00401
0172
1588
Bayle, Bhanudas Mukundrao
H
M
H
1930
tabla
dilruba
P00399
0170
1587
Basavaraju, V.K.
C
M
H
1932
vocal
P00400
0171
1586
Basavarj, Jalibenchi
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P00398
0169
1585
Barve, Sakhara, Pandurang
H
M
H
1900
harmonium
P06804
0160
1584
Barave, Padmakar Narhar
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00395
0166
1583
Barot, Kanubhai Devidan
H
F
H
1923
others
P00394
0165
1582
Barot, Kaajibhai Bhutabhai
H
M
H
1924
others
P00393
0164
1581
Barodekar, Kamalabai Shyamaprasad
H
F
H
1908
khyal
others
P05928
0163
1580
Barodekar, Hirabai Manikrao
H
F
H
1905
khyal
others
P00392
0162
1579
Barman, Chitta Ranjon Deb.
H
M
H
1926
esraj
P00389
0158
1578
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
C
M
H
1905
vocal
P00388
0157
1577
Bangari Bai
H
F
H
1918
khyal
others
P00386
0155
1576
Banerjee, Tinkari
O
M
H
1912
vocal
P00385
0154
1575
Banerjee, Tarun
H
M
H
1927
others
P00382
0151
1574
Banerjee, Prasun
H
M
H
1926
khyal
others
P00071
0150
1573
Banerjee, Nikhil
H
M
H
1931
sitar
P00381
0149
1572
Banerjee, Meera
H
F
H
1932
others
P00380
0148
1571
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
H
M
H
1892
tabla
P00379
0147
1570
Banerjee, Gopal
H
M
H
1925
khyal
others
P00378
0146
1569
Banerjee, Birendranath
H
M
H
1918
sarod
P00377
0145
1568
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
P00376
0144
1567
Banerjee, Amiya Ranjan
H
F
H
9127
khyal
P00375
0143
1566
Banerjea, Kanika (Mohar)
H
F
H
1925
vocal
P00374
0142
1565
Bandyopadhyaya, S
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P00373
0141
1564
Balsara, Vistasp
H
M
H
1922
others
others
harmonium
P00359
0126
1563
Balakrishna Iyengar T.K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00371
0139
1562
Bali, Madan Lal
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P00370
0138
1561
Bali, Harish Chandra
H
M
H
1906
khyal