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
P06814
0013
1460
Adam Saheb, Shaik
C
M
M
1920
nagasvaram
P06813
0012
1459
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P06812
0011
1458
Abrol, Karuna
H
M
H
1930
khyal
others
P06814
0013
1457
Adam Saheb, Shauk
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
P05975
0009
1456
Abhisheki, Jitendra Bhikaji
H
M
H
1933
khyal
others
P06810
0008
1455
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
P06809
0007
1454
Abdul Qadir Khan (Sanehi)
H
M
M
1917
khyal
P06123
0006
1453
Abdul Latif Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
P06806
0002
1452
Abdul Kadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
P06807
0004
1451
Abdul Karim Khan
H
M
M
1915
bin
sitar
P00249
0003
1450
Abdul Kader, Kozhikode
C
M
M
1916
vocal
P00001
0001
1449
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1927
bin
sitar
P00655
0447
1448
Ganguly, Shyam
H
M
H
sarod
P00340
0106
1447
Ayoddhya Prasad
H
M
H
1892
pakhavaj
P01760
1616
1446
Yunus Hussain Khan(Darpan)
H
M
M
1927
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01758
1614
1445
Xavier, Fr. Camilo
O
M
O
1916
vocal
P01756
1612
1444
Warekar, Shobhana
H
F
H
1940
khyal
P01781
1638
1443
Wahid Hussain Khan (Pradhu das)
H
M
M
1921
khyal
P00059
1864
1442
Viswanatha Iyer, Maharaja Puram
C
M
H
1896
vocal
P01981
1849
1441
Venkateswara Rao, Ghantasala
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P01719
1573
1440
Venkatappa M.V.
C
M
H
1919
violin
P00513
0289
1439
Venkataramaiah(Papa)K.S.
C
M
H
1901
violin
P00016
1837
1438
Venkata Rao, Chintalapalli
C
M
H
1871
vocal
P01714
1568
1437
Veeruswamy Pillai, P.S.
C
M
H
1901
nagasvaram
P01688
1541
1436
Vaidya, Shubhada Yashwant
H
M
H
1932
khyal
others
P00641
0433
1435
Sundaramma, Mallavalli
C
F
H
1903
vocal
P01642
1495
1434
Surinder Singh
H
M
H
1938
khyal
P01934
1799
1433
Subramanya Iyer, Madurai S
C
M
H
1897
vocal
P00066
1798
1432
Subramania Iyer, Musiri
C
M
H
1899
vocal
P01794
1653
1431
Sriengam Iyengar, Madurai R.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P01928
1792
1430
Srinivasan, R.(Kaladasa) (Kala Das)
C
M
H
1887
vocal
P01925
1789
1429
Srinivasa Iyengarm K
C
M
H
1919
vina
P01586
1436
1428
Sivan, Papanasam
C
M
H
1890
vocal
P01581
1431
1427
Sita Ram Prapancham
C
M
H
1942
flute
P01556
1403
1426
Shardul Sihgh, Saheb Singh Ragi
H
M
H
1918
tabla
pakhavaj
P06724
1395
1425
Shakoor Khan
H
M
M
1916
sarangi
P01814
1674
1424
Pathan, Sarwarkhan
H
M
M
1930
sitar
P01540
1385
1423
Seth, Usha
H
F
H
1931
others
P01533
1378
1422
Sengupta, Aparna
O
F
H
1935
vocal
P01532
1377
1421
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
O
F
H
vocal
P01778
1635
1420
Sarvajeet
H
M
H
1947
sitar
P01499
1344
1419
Sarkar, Supurova
O
F
H
1924
vocal
P01476
1320
1418
Sahu Sunakar
H
M
H
1934
violin
P01786
1643
1417
Sachdev, G.S.
H
M
H
1934
flute
P01458
1301
1416
Ray, Ajit Kumar
H
M
H
1921
guitar
P06507
1300
1415
Ravi Shankar
H
M
H
1920
sitar
P00085
1750
1414
Rasoolan Bai
H
F
M
1902
others
P01418
1259
1413
Ramachandran, Alangudi K.
C
M
H
1912
ghatam
P01408
1247
1412
Rajeswara Rao Salur
H
M
H
1921
vocal
P00451
0223
1411
Rajamannar, P.V.
O
M
H
1901
P01398
1236
1410
Rajalakshmi, Srinivasan
C
F
H
1927
vina
P01388
1226
1409
Raghavan, T.S.
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P01383
1221
1408
Radhey Shyam
H
M
H
1934
khyal
P01333
1171
1407
Patanlkar V.V.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P01328
1165
1406
Parvathavardhini Balasubramaniam
C
M
H
1935
vina
P00850
0661
1405
Panigrahi, Raghunath
H & C
M
H
1934
vocal
P01308
1144
1404
PandharPurkar, Jagannathbuwa
H
M
H
1905
khyal
P06825
1874
1403
Pal, Saren
H
M
H
1912
mandolin
P01297
1132
1402
Nimaicharan Harichandan
O
M
H
1901
vocal
P01226
1057
1400
Nagarkar, Govind Parsharam Panditrao
H
M
H
1910
khyal
others
P05933
1049
1399
Nag Manilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P05971
1044
1398
Mutatkar, Sumati Vishwanth
H
M
H
1916
dhrupad
others
khyal
P01204
1032
1397
Mulye Shashikant
H
M
H
1939
tabla
P00096
1028
1396
Mukta T.
C
F
H
vocal
P01191
1018
1395
Mukherjee, Bimal Chandra
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01175
1002
1394
Mohammad Rafi
H
M
M
1924
others
P00037
0975
1393
Mishra, Hanuman Prasad
H
M
H
1914
sarangi
P01142
0966
1392
Mishra, Amarnath
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P01141
0965
1391
Mirashi, Madhuvanti
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P01140
0964
1390
Mirajkar, Babasaheb
H
M
H
1926
tabla
P01116
0939
1389
Manurkar, Vijayashri
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P00107
0924
1388
Mangeshkar, Lata
H
F
H
1929
others
P01087
0908
1387
Majumder, Sailaja Ranjan
E
M
H
1900
vocal
P01082
0903
1386
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
tabla
pakhavaj
P01069
0889
1385
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
others
P01046
0866
1384
Lakshmi K.R.
C
F
H
1923
vocal
P00064
0853
1383
Kurdikar, Mogubai
H
F
H
1904
khyal
P00915
0731
1382
Kandaswami, M.N.
C
M
H
1926
mridangam
kanjira
P00898
0712
1381
Kallyanikutty P.N.
C
F
H
1917
vocal
P00938
0755
1380
Kashinath Shastrim J.L.
H & C
M
H
1922
violin
P00874
0686
1379
Joshi-Mangalwedhekar Damodar Kashinath
H
M
H
1908
tabla
pakhavaj
P00881
0694
1378
Joshi, Naryan Rao 2
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00859
0671
1377
Jayamma, B.
C
F
H
1915
vocal
P00856
0668
1376
Jayalakshmi, Salem S.
C
F
H
1934
vocal
P00834
0640
1374
Jamal Uddin Bharatiya
H
M
M
1932
sitar
P00809
0614
1373
Iqbal Hussein Khan
H
M
M
1935
tabla
P00802
0607
1372
Ilyas Khan
H
M
M
1924
sitar
P00773
0574
1371
Gupta, Sabyasaghi
O
M
H
1938
vocal
P00709
0508
1370
Gomathi, Ramasubramanyam
C
F
H
1933
vocal
P00708
0507
1369
Golwalkar, Madhukar
H
M
H
1918
sarangi
tarshahnai
P00674
0468
1368
Ghulam Sabir Dadri
H
M
M
1922
sarangi
P00699
0495
1367
Ghulam Sabir Khan
H
M
M
1905
sarangi
P06819
0488
1366
Ghulam Jafar Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00685
0479
1365
Ghosh Supriti
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00689
0484
1364
Ghosh, Savitri
O
F
H
1922
vocal
P00688
0482
1363
Ghosh, Nikhil Jyoti
H
M
H
1919
tabla
P00687
0481
1362
Ghosh, Lalita
H
F
H
1933
others
P00640
0432
1361
Ghosh, Ardhendu
H
M
H
1914
violin

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