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

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