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

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