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
0960
Sakuntala, Raman
P01479
1323
C
F
H
1939
Vocal
0959
Sakthivel, M.S.
P01478
1322
C
M
H
1914
mridangam
0958
Sakharam, Tawde
P01843
1705
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
0957
Sajjad Hussain
P01477
1321
H
M
M
1920
shahanai
0956
Sahu, Jagabandhu
P01475
1319
H
M
H
violin
tabla
0955
Sahu, Bibhu Prasad
P01474
1318
H
M
H
esraj
0954
Sadasiva Sastry, Mulukutla
P01473
1317
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
0953
Sadagopan V.V.(Seshadasan Nandan)
P01472
1316
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
0952
Sabri Khan
P06043
1315
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
0951
Saboto, Tripurari
P01471
1314
O
M
H
1923
Vocal
0950
Rukadikar, Balubhai Dababhai
P01842
1704
H
M
H
1888
tabla
0949
Roy Choudhury, Rabi
P01466
1309
H
M
H
1915
violin
sarod
0948
Roy Choudhury, Birendra Kishore (Khoka Maharaj)
P00104
1703
H
M
H
1903
dhrupad
bin
rabab
sursringar
0947
Roy, R.L.
P01840
1702
H
M
H
1904
Others
0946
Roy, Neela V.B.
P01470
1313
C
F
H
1920
vina
0945
Roy, Kalyani
P01469
1312
H
F
H
1931
sitar
0944
Roy, Juthika
P01468
1311
O
F
H
192
Vocal
0943
Roy, Dilip Kumar
P01839
1701
H
M
H
1897
dhrupad
khyal
Others
0942
Roy, Bimal
P01467
1310
H
M
H
1911
khyal
Others
0941
Rose, Swar Saikia Bayan
P01465
1308
O
F
H
1927
Vocal
0940
Ron, Mariyappa Sathyappa
P01464
1307
H
M
H
1922
flute
0939
Ringe, Vishwanath Rao Gaupat Rao (Tanrang)
P01463
1306
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0938
Ravethi, Ratnaswammy
P01771
1628
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
0937
Ravamma, Kaviyoor
P01457
1299
C
F
H
1930
Vocal
0936
Renganayaki, T.S.
P01461
1304
C
F
H
1910
mridangam
0935
Rengachari, T.K.
P01790
1647
C
F
H
1912
Vocal
0934
Renga Ayyengar, R.
P01460
1303
C
M
H
1902
jaltarang
0933
Rehmat Ali Khan
P01462
1305
H
M
M
1947
sarod
0932
Reddy, K.V.
P01459
1302
C
M
H
1925
violin
0931
Rawat, Sham Sher Singh
P01115
0938
H
M
H
1935
Others
0930
Ravi Shankar
P06507
1300
H
M
H
1920
sitar
0929
Rattan, Master
P00639
0431
H
M
H
1914
Others
0928
Ratoniya, Narayan Prasad
P01456
1298
H
M
H
1921
tabla
0927
Ratnam, Thampuran
P01455
1297
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
0926
Rathnam T.V.
P01454
1296
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
0925
Ratna, R.
P02006
1876
C
F
H
Vocal
0924
Rathna, M.N.
P01453
1295
C
F
H
1928
Vocal
0923
Ratanjankar, Shrikrishna Narayan (Sujan)
P01838
1700
H
M
H
1899
khyal
dhrupad
0922
Rao, V.N. (Swaramurthy)
P01452
1294
C
M
H
1917
vina
0921
Rangaswamy, S.R.
P01451
1293
C
M
H
1921
flute
0920
Rangaswamy, K.
P01450
1292
C
M
H
1934
Vocal
0919
Rangaswamy, B.S.
P01449
1291
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
0918
Ranganayaki, Rajagopalan
P00084
1290
C
F
H
1932
vina
0917
Ranganayaki, K.L. Chittoor
P01448
1289
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
0916
Ranganathan, S.
P01447
1288
C
M
H
1932
ghatam
0915
Rane, Saraswati Bai Sunderao
P01446
1287
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
0914
Ranade, Vasant Chintaman
P01445
1286
H
M
H
1935
violin
0913
Rama Narayan
P05968
1255
H
M
H
1927
sarangi
0912
Rammohan Rao, Dandamudi
P01443
1284
C
M
H
1934
mridangam
0911
Ramchandra, Chitalkar
P01764
1620
O
M
H
1918
others
0910
Ramaswami Sastri,T.N.
P01785
1642
C
M
H
1926
vina
0909
Ramaswami Iyer, K.V.
P01766
1622
C
M
H
1892
violin
0908
Ramaswamy Iyengar, T.K.
P01444
1285
C
M
H
1916
Vocal
0907
Ramaswamy Iyengar, A.
P01442
1283
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
0906
Ramaswami, Annavarapu
P01441
1282
C
M
H
1926
violin
others
0905
Ramasarma, Penumarthi
P01440
1281
C
M
H
1907
vina
0904
Ramaratnam, V.
P01439
1280
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
0903
Ramarao, H.V.
P01438
1279
C
M
H
1898
violin
0902
Ramanuja Suri, Tirupati
P01437
1278
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
0901
Ramanjaneyulu, Vempati
P01436
1277
C
M
H
1917
violin
0900
Ramani, N.
P02707
1276
C
M
H
1934
flute
0899
Ramanayya Setty, Suri Setti
P01434
1275
C
M
H
1887
jaltarang
flute
violin
0898
Ramanathan, S.
P06060
1274
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
0897
Ramanathan, S.
P01432
1273
C
M
H
1916
vina
0896
Ramanathan, Rudrapatna Krishnappa
P01431
1272
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
0895
Ramanathan, Mavelikara H.
P01430
1271
C
M
H
1922
Vocal
0894
Ramanathan M.D.
P01428
1269
C
M
H
1923
Vocal
0893
Ramanathan, Kalapathi A.
P01429
1270
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
0892
Ramamurty, Dharmapuri
P01426
1267
C
M
H
1928
Vocal
0891
Ramamurthy,Guntupalli
P01427
1268
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
0890
Ramamoorthy, Tanjavoor R.
P01425
1266
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
0889
Ramalinga Sastri, M.(Sudhakar)
P01424
1265
H
M
H
1899
khyal
Others
0888
Ramalinga Baghavatar
P01423
1264
O
M
H
1896
0887
Ramalakshmi, Ranganadhan Madabhushi
P01422
1263
C
F
H
1935
Vocal
0886
Ramakrishnaiah, Kota
P01421
1262
C
M
H
1923
violin
0885
Ramakrishna Sastry, Balijepalli
P01420
1261
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
0884
Ramaiah, M.S.
P01419
1260
C
M
H
mridangam
0883
Ramachandran, N.S.
P01837
1699
C
M
H
vina
0882
Ramachandram, Ennapadam
P01417
1258
C
M
H
Vocal
0881
Ramachandran, Alangudi K.
P01418
1259
C
M
H
1912
ghatam
0880
Ramachandra Shastry, H
P01803
1662
C
M
H
1906
flute
0879
Ramachandra Rao, Chintalapalli
P01416
1257
C
M
H
1916
0878
Ramabadran, Vellore T.G.
P01415
1256
C
M
H
1929
mridangam
violin
0877
Rajurkar, Vasant Rao Umesh
P01414
1254
H
F
H
1933
khyal
0876
Rajukar, Govindrao
P01413
1253
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0875
Rajopadhye, Vasant Rao
P01412
1252
H
M
H
1913
khyal
0874
Rajkhowa, Satish Chandra
P01411
1251
H
M
H
1928
sitar
0873
Rajahans, Narayan Rao Shripad(Bala Gandharva)
P01836
1698
O
M
H
1888
Vocal
0872
Rajguru, Basavarj Mahant Swamy
P01410
1250
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0871
Rajeswari, Padmanabhan 2
P01409
1248
C
F
H
1939
vina
0870
Rajbhan Singh, Thakur
P01407
1246
H
M
H
1930
sitar
0869
Rajasekharam, Sistka Sathyanarayana
P01406
1245
C
M
H
1918
Vocal
0868
Rajarethinam, T.S.
P01405
1244
C
M
H
1917
nagasvaram
0867
Rajarao, Behatha
P01404
1243
C
M
H
1912
vina
0866
Rajappa, Sudiyur Durairaj
P01403
1242
C
M
H
1924
mridangam
0865
Rajanikant Rao, Balantrapu (Rajani)
P01402
1241
C
M
H
1920
Vocal
0864
Rajan, Palladam V.N.
P01401
1240
C
M
H
1919
flute
0863
Rajamanickam Pillai, Kumbhakonam
P00051
1697
C
M
H
1899
violin
0862
Rajamani, K.
P01400
1239
C
M
H
1931
Vocal
0861
Rajam Pillai, N.K.
P01399
1237
C
M
H
1917
nagasvaram

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