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
P00369
0137
1560
Balasubramanyam S
C
M
H
1919
vocal
P00366
0134
1559
Balasubrabmaya Sarma, Mamillapalli Sury
C
M
H
1932
vocal
P00368
0136
1558
Balasubramaniam, M.
C
M
H
1927
violin
P00354
0121
1557
Bahasubramaniam, Madurai M.
C
M
H
1921
vocal
P00365
0133
1556
Balasubbarayaloo, Trichy
C
M
H
1917
violin
P00364
0132
1555
Balasaraswati, T.
C
F
H
1918
vocal
P00363
0130
1554
Balambal, J.
C
F
H
1925
vocal
P00362
0129
1553
Balakrishnier, Madras
C
M
H
1888
violin
P00361
0128
1552
Balakrishnan, Pailakondiahm P
C
M
H
1914
vocal
P00360
0127
1551
Balakrishna, Calakudy N.S.
C
M
H
1931
flute
violin
P00359
0126
1550
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.V.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00358
0125
1549
Balachander S
C
M
H
1927
vina
P00357
0124
1548
Bakshi, Haresh Ananiprasad(Haridas Swami)
H
M
H
1938
khyal
P00355
0122
1547
Bajentri, Bhimasen Duragappa
H
M
H
1932
khyal
P00351
0118
1546
Bagchi, Anil
H
M
H
1908
khyal
others
P00352
0119
1545
Bahadar Khan
H
M
M
1931
dhrupad
khyal
others
sarod
P00350
0117
1544
Badshah Makarand Satya Prasad
H
M
H
1912
khyal
bin
sitar
P00349
0116
1543
Badri Maharaj
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P00348
0115
1542
Badkar, Mirabai
H
F
H
1916
khyal
P00347
0114
1541
Babu Khan Alwarwale
H
M
M
1929
tabla
P00346
0113
1540
Babu Iyengar
C
M
H
1913
jaltarang
mridangam
kanjira
P00344
0110
1539
Azim Lewis
O
M
O
1933
others
P00342
0108
1538
Azambai Hukker
H
F
H
1930
khyal
others
P00343
0109
1537
Azmbai, Dadasaheb Pisal
H
F
H
1904
khyal
others
P00339
0105
1536
Awasthi, Surendra Shanlar
H
M
H
1929
khyal
P00341
0107
1535
Ayyamani Oyer, C.K.
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
P00338
0104
1534
Sharma, Tulidas (Atul Prem)
H
M
H
1916
khyal
others
P00337
0103
1533
Atre, Vishau Shamarao
H
F
H
1903
khyal
P05988
0102
1532
Atra, Prabha
H
F
H
1932
khyal
others
P00336
0101
1531
Athavale, V.R.
H
M
H
1918
khyal
others
P00335
0100
1530
Ata Hussein Khan(Ratan)
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
P00334
0099
1529
Aswathanarayana Sastry H.K.
C
M
H
1921
violin
P05950
0098
1528
Asad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1937
bin
P00333
0097
1527
Arya, Kantilal Purshottamdas
H
F
H
1913
khyal
P00331
0095
1526
Aruadhati, Sarkar
C
F
M
1938
vocal
P00332
0096
1525
Arunachalaiah, A
C
M
H
1900
harmonium
P00090
0094
1524
Arolkar, Sharadchandra
H
M
H
1912
khyal
others
P00330
0093
1523
Araviadakshan M.K.
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P00329
0092
1522
Apte, Sadashiv Dattatraya
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P00327
0090
1521
Appalaswamy Naid, Kota
C
M
H
1931
mridangam
P00326
0089
1520
Anwarkhan Bhikankhan Pathan
H
M
M
1917
sitar
P00325
0088
1519
Antonio Fortunato de Figueiredo
O
M
O
1903
others
P00323
0086
1518
Anna Purna Ravi Shankar
H
F
H
1932
surbahar
P00322
0084
1517
Annamalai, Ayyasamy Pillai, Thiruvavaduthrai
C
M
H
1928
nagasvaram
P00320
0082
1516
Anikiah, Uppalapati
C
M
H
1914
vocal
P00321
0083
1515
Anjaneya Sastry(Prakhya)
C
M
H
1934
vocal
P00318
0080
1514
Andharia, Rasiklal Govindji
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P00317
0079
1513
Andharia, Babubhai Govindji
H
F
H
1919
khyal
P00316
0078
1512
Andhare Vasant
H
F
H
1928
khyal
others
P00313
0075
1511
Anasuya Devi, A.
C
F
H
1923
vocal
P00314
0076
1510
Anasuya, H.S.
C
F
H
1936
vocal
P06080
0062
1509
Anant Lal
H
M
H
1932
shahanai
P00312
0074
1508
Ananthaswamy, Mysore
C
M
H
1923
mridangam
P00311
0073
1507
Anantharao, V.S.
C
M
H
1932
vina
P00310
0072
1506
Anantharamy, N.V.
C
M
H
1933
vina
P00309
0071
1505
Anantharamier, Parur S
C
M
H
1911
violin
P00308
0070
1504
Anantharamarao. Kavuru
C
M
H
1932
violin
P00057
0069
1503
Anantharaman, Mylapore Sandaram Iyer
C
M
H
1924
violin
P00307
0068
1502
Ananthapadmanabha Rao: N
C
M
H
1942
vocal
P00306
0067
1501
Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan
C
F
H
1928
vocal
P00305
0066
1500
Ananthakrishnan, Awamimalai
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P00304
0065
1499
Ananthakrishna Sarma, Rallapalli
C
M
H
1893
vocal
P00303
0064
1498
Ananth, S.V.
C
M
H
1937
vocal
P00300
0061
1497
Amrutphali, Sadashiv Rao R.
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00299
0060
1496
Amrik Singh
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P05877
0059
1495
Amonkar, Kishori Ravindra
H
F
H
1931
khyal
P05908
0058
1494
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1945
sarod
P00294
0052
1493
Amir Mohammad Khan(Mehar Piya)
H
M
M
1930
khyal
others
tabla
P00297
0055
1492
Amingad, Sushilabhai G
H
F
H
1925
khyal
P00296
0054
1491
Amin, Kantilal Shivabhai
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00295
0053
1490
Amembal,Dinaker Rao (D.Amel)
H
M
H
1901
flute
others
P00294
0052
1489
Ameer Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00291
0049
1488
Ambujam. Raman
C
M
H
1918
violin
P00290
0048
1487
Amdade, Gajananrao Madhav Rao
H
M
H
1914
jaltarang
P06044
0047
1486
Amarnath
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00004
0044
1485
Alla Rakha Qureish
H
M
M
1919
tabla
P00288
0043
1484
Alla Jillai Bai
H
F
M
1922
others
P00286
0041
1483
Ali Mohammad Sheikh
H
M
M
1934
others
P00284
0039
1482
Ali Hussein
H
M
M
1915
shahanai
P05930
0038
1481
Ali Akbar Khan
H
M
M
1922
dhrupad
khyal
tabla
pakhavaj
sarod
P00282
0037
1480
Ali Ahmed Hussein
H
M
M
1939
shahanai
P00280
0035
1479
Alamelu, Mahalingam, Lalgudi
C
F
H
1933
violin
P00279
0034
1478
Alamelu, Arjunan Tirukoilur S.
C
F
H
1928
vocal
P00278
0033
1477
Alagarsamy, Kandadevi
C
M
H
1925
violin
P00275
0030
1476
Akhila, Krishnan
C
F
H
1937
vocal
P00276
0031
1475
Akhtar Khan
H
M
M
1936
sitar
P00277
0032
1474
Akkaji Rao Kambhampati
C
M
H
1921
vina
P00274
0029
1473
Ajit Singh
H
M
H
1933
vina
vichitra vina
P00273
0028
1472
Ajit Merchant
H
M
H
1952
khyal
others
P00272
0027
1471
Aima, Mohanlal
H
F
H
1917
others
P00270
0025
1470
Ahmadali Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarod
P00267
0022
1469
Agnihotri, R.M.
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00269
0024
1468
Agrawal, Vinay Kumar
H
M
H
1933
sitar
P00268
0023
1467
Agrawal, Sudha
H
M
H
1943
others
P00266
0021
1466
Agale, Ambadas Sakharam
H
M
H
1901
pakhavaj
P00265
0020
1465
Agai Maseet Khan
H
M
M
1941
tabla
P00264
0019
1464
Afzal Husain Khan
H
M
M
1916
others
P00263
0018
1463
Afaque Husain Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00262
0017
1462
Adsule, Leelawati
H
F
H
1928
khyal
P00261
0016
1461
Adinarayana, Kundala
H
M
H
1922
khyal
others

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