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
P01206
1034
0660
Mundle, Vishuna Narayan
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P01205
1033
0659
Munawar Ali Khan
H
M
M
1930
khyal
P01204
1032
0658
Mulye, Shashikant
H
M
H
1939
khyal
tabla
P01203
1031
0657
Mullick, Pamkaj Kumar
O
M
H
1905
vocal
P01201
1029
0656
Muktiar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
vocal
P01199
1026
0655
Mukopadhyaya, Sailen
H
M
H
1935
others
P01195
1022
0654
Mukherjee, Sandhya
H
F
H
1932
khyal
P01194
1021
0653
Mukherjee, Hemanata Kumar
O
M
H
1922
vocal
P01193
1020
0652
Mukherjee, Dwijen
H
M
H
1927
others
P01192
1019
0651
Mukherjee, Bimalendu
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P01085
0906
0650
Mujumdar, Krishna Rao GopalRao
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P01189
1016
0649
Mujumdar, G.N.(Aba Saheb)
H
M
H
1886
others
P00853
0664
0648
Mujaddid Naizi
H
M
M
1924
khyal
others
P01188
1015
0647
Morgode, Ganesh Sadachiv
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P01187
1014
0646
Moreshwr Vinayak
H
M
H
1890
others
P01184
1011
0645
Moitra, Jyotirinda
H
F
H
1911
khyal
others
P01181
1008
0644
Mohanty, Akshya Kumar
H
M
H
1937
khyal
P01180
1007
0643
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
vocal
khol
P01177
1004
0642
Mohammad Rahmatullah
H
M
M
1924
khyal
P01174
1001
0641
Mohammad Khasim Seheb
C
M
M
1919
clarinet
P01173
1000
0640
Mohammad Khan, Bade Ali Khan
H
M
M
1907
bin
surbahar
sitar
P01172
0999
0639
Mouhammad Hamed Ahad
H
M
M
1935
violin
P01170
0997
0638
Mohammad Ahmad Banne
H
M
M
1919
sarangi
P00095
0996
0637
Mitra, Suchitra
O
F
H
1924
vocal
P01169
0995
0636
Mitra, Rajyeswar(Sarngadeva)
H
M
H
1917
others
P01166
0992
0635
Misra, Protap Narayan
H
M
H
1903
pakhavaj
P01165
0991
0634
Misra, Maya
H
F
H
1932
vina
sitar
P01168
0994
0633
Mistry, Saraswatisagar Ranchhodbhai
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01161
0987
0632
Misra, Susheela
H
F
H
1922
khyal
P01160
0986
0631
Misra, Suresh
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P01155
0981
0629
Misra, Nabakishore
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P01154
0980
0628
Misra, Mahapurush
H
M
H
1933
tabla
P01164
0990
0627
Misra, Lal Mani
H
M
H
1924
vichitra vina
sitar
P01145
0969
0626
Misra, Bhubaneswar
H & C
M
H
1927
vocal
P01143
0967
0625
Misra, Baijnath Prasad
H
M
H
1915
sarangi
P06012
0988
0624
Mishra, Umashankar
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P01157
0983
0623
Mishra, Ramji 1
H
M
H
1914
tabla
P01153
0979
0622
Mishra, Mahadeo Prasad
H
M
H
1908
others
tabla
P01150
0976
0621
Mishra, Hari Shankar
H
M
H
1917
dhrupad
khyal
P00034
0973
0620
Mishra, Gopal 1
H
M
H
1920
sarangi
P00105
0963
0619
Merchant, Ajit
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P01138
0961
0618
Mehta, R.C.
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01137
0960
0617
Mehdi Hussain
H
M
M
1925
tabla
P01136
0959
0616
Megnani, K.G. (Minoo Maharaj)
H
M
H
1907
others
P01131
0954
0615
Mazumdar, Ninu
H
F
H
1915
khyal
P00855
0667
0614
Mzmudar Chandrakant Anandrai
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01130
0953
0613
Mavlankar S.R.
H
M
H
1915
sitar
P01129
0952
0612
Maujood Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1925
khyal
P01128
0951
0611
Maudgalya, Vipin Chandra
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P01096
0917
0610
Maudgalya Padma Devi
H
F
H
1921
khyal
P00923
0740
0609
Maudgalaya, Vinaya Chandra
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P01912
1776
0608
Mattu, Regeshwari
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P00771
0572
0607
Mattoo, Jiwan Lal
H
M
H
1891
khyal
P00755
0556
0606
Mattigatti, Panchaxariswami
H
M
H
0.34
khyal
P00634
0424
0605
Mathur, Kamlesh
H
M
H
1937
khyal
P00870
0682
0604
Mathieson, Rev. Theedore
O
M
O
1913
others
P01124
0947
0603
Maroo, Vishanji Hirji
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01122
0945
0602
Marimutha Pillai, G.
C
M
H
1909
tavil
P01121
0944
0601
Mariappa, S..N.
C
M
H
1914
vocal
P01120
0943
0600
Mariappa, M.
C
M
H
1916
mursing
P01119
0942
0599
Marianandam, T.S.
C
M
H
1910
mridangam
P01118
0941
0598
Marathe, Ram Purushottam
H
M
H
1924
khyal
others
P01114
0937
0597
Mansoor Basavaraj Bheemrayappa
H
M
H
1909
khyal
P01113
0936
0596
Manna Lal
H
M
H
1883
bin
P01111
0934
0595
Manjunathan, Bangalore K.S.
C
M
H
1921
ghatam
P01103
0926
0594
Mani Iyeri Palghat T.S.
C
M
H
1913
mridangam
P01105
0928
0593
Mani Iyer, Palghat C.R.
C
M
H
1915
violin
P01104
0927
0592
Mani Iyer, Madurai
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P01107
0930
0591
Mani, Nellai
C
M
H
1921
violin
P01108
0931
0590
Mania, Ramchandra
H
M
H
1892
tabla
harmonium
P01102
0925
0589
Mangrulker, Arvind Gangadhar
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P01101
0923
0588
Mangathayaru, Dwaram
C
M
H
1935
violin
P05920
0922
0587
Manasoor, Mallikarjun Bhimarayappa
H
M
H
1910
khyal
P01100
0921
0586
Mammen Bhagavather, T.
C
M
H
1894
vocal
P01099
0920
0585
Malpekar, Anjanibai
H
F
H
1883
khyal
P06011
0915
0584
Mallic, Ram Chatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01098
0919
0583
Mallikarjuna Rao, Nandivada
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
ghatam
P01091
0912
0582
Malathi, C.V.
C
M
H
1939
vina
P01089
0910
0581
Malathi, Padmanabha Rao
C
M
H
1932
vocal
P01088
0909
0580
Makawana Khushaldas jeshingbai
H
F
H
1917
dilruba
P00350
0117
0579
Makarand, Satyaprasad Badshah
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P01083
0904
0578
Maiitra, Radhika Mohan
H
M
H
1917
sarod
sitar
P01084
0905
0577
Maitili, Nageswaran
C
F
H
1922
vocal
P01080
0901
0576
Mahapatra Markandeya
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P01077
0897
0575
Mahadkar, Sadashiv Atmaram(Sughar)
H
M
H
1915
khyal
others
P01076
0896
0574
Mahadevappa, S.
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P01075
0895
0573
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
C
M
H
vocal
P01074
0894
0572
Madhavan Nambootheri, Varanasi
O
M
H
1931
chenda
P00099
0898
0571
MahaLingam, Ramaswamy Iyer T.
C
M
H
1926
flute
P01073
0893
0570
Lyall, Rozwell
H
M
H
1920
tabla
P01072
0892
0569
Lonkadi, Bapu Narayan
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P01071
0891
0568
Lolita Bhagat
O
F
H
1930
others
P01069
0889
0567
Lobo, Antsher
H
M
O
1905
khyal
P01068
0888
0566
Limaye, Anandrao
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P01067
0887
0565
Leelavathi, H.R.
C
F
H
1935
vocal
P01065
0885
0564
Leela, Omchery
H & C
F
H
1929
vocal
P01061
0881
0563
Laxminarayana, Uppalapati
C
M
H
923
vocal
P01064
0884
0562
Laxminarayana, Permude Ganapathachar
C
M
H
1936
mridangam
mursing
P01062
0882
0561
Laxman Singh
H
M
H
1927
tabla