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
P00939
0756
0460
Kastri, Manohar Banurao
H
M
H
1928
khyal
P00939
0756
0459
Kaslikar, Manohar Baburao
H
M
H
1928
khyal
P00937
0754
0458
Kashalkar, Vishnu Annaji
H
M
H
1884
khyal
P00936
0753
0457
Karwal, Leela
H
F
H
1918
others
P00934
0751
0456
Karim Khan, Rahamat Khan A.
H
M
M
1915
bin
sitar
P00935
0752
0455
Karmakar, Radharaman
O
M
H
1914
vocal
P00932
0749
0454
Karambelkar, Nalini Jayaram
H
M
H
1938
khyal
P00931
0748
0453
Karadgekar, Sardarbai
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P00930
0747
0452
Kar, Shyam Sunder Singhari
H
M
H
1908
dhrupad
others
P00929
0746
0451
Kar, Hari Das
O
M
H
1914
vocal
P00928
0745
0450
Kapur, Trilok
N/A
M
H
1928
P00927
0744
0449
Kapur, Loknath
H
M
H
1924
bin
sitar
P00926
0743
0448
Kapoor, Jagannath
H
M
H
1884
khyal
P00925
0742
0447
Kapileshwari, Balkrishnabuwa
H
M
H
1896
khyal
P00924
0741
0446
Kapadia, Amratlal C.
H
M
H
1921
others
P00916
0732
0445
Kanungo, Ramananda
H
M
H
1925
tabla
P06289
0739
0444
Kanthe Maharaj
H
M
H
1880
tabla
P00920
0736
0443
Kannan, S.
N/A
M
H
1932
P00919
0735
0442
Kannan, Madras A.
C
M
H
1920
mridangam
P00917
0733
0441
Kannan, K
C
M
H
1920
flute
P00914
0730
0440
Kanakadurga, V.B.
C
F
H
1938
vocal
P00913
0729
0439
Kameswara Rao, Josyula
C
M
H
1930
violin
P00912
0728
0438
Kamalakar Rao V.
C
M
H
1937
mridangam
P00911
0727
0437
Kamaladevi, Manikonda
C
F
H
1932
vocal
P00097
0725
0436
Kamala, T.R. Murti
C
M
H
1932
vocal
P00907
0722
0435
Kamala, Kailasanathan
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00906
0721
0434
Kamala, Chandrababu A.
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P00905
0720
0433
Kamala, Aswathama G.
C
F
H
1933
vina
P00902
0717
0432
Kalyanpur, Saguna
H
F
H
1919
khyal
P00901
0716
0431
Kalyanaraman, S.
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P00900
0715
0430
Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar, M.A.
C
M
H
1918
vocal
P00043
0714
0429
Kalpakam, Swaminathan
C
M
H
1922
vocal
P00899
0713
0428
Kalpakam, S.
C
F
H
1917
violin
P00894
0708
0427
Kakoty, Jyotirmoy
O
M
H
1935
vocal
P00557
0337
0426
Kakati, Jnanada
N/A
F
H
1925
vocal
P00024
0707
0425
Kaikini, Dinkar
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P00892
0705
0424
Kagalker, Vyankatesh Atmaram
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P00893
0706
0423
Kagalkar, Gulabbai
H
M
H
1924
khyal
dhrupad
P00891
0704
0422
Kadam, Baburao Haribhaz
H
M
H
1917
sitar
P00890
0703
0421
Kabra, Damodar Lal
H
M
H
1926
sarod
P00875
0687
0420
Joshi-Mangalwedhekar, Dattopant
H
M
H
1906
pakhavaj
P00885
0698
0419
Joshi, Trikamray Gangram
H
M
H
1923
tabla
P00884
0697
0418
joshi, Sheshgiri Vashdev
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P00883
0696
0417
Joshi, Ramkrishna
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00882
0695
0416
Joshi, Ramakant
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P00880
0693
0415
Joshi, Narayan Rao Ramchandra
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00879
0692
0414
Joshi, Narayan Bando
H
M
H
1903
khyal
dhrupad
P00729
0529
0413
Joshi, Govin Narayan
H
M
H
1909
khyal
P06726
0599
0412
Joshi, Gajanan Rao
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P00878
0691
0411
Joshi, Dhruva Tara
H
M
H
1914
sitar
P00877
0690
0410
Joshi, Chandulal Dhirajlal
H
M
H
1937
others
P00013
0689
0409
Joshi, Bhimsen Gururaj
H
M
H
1922
khyal
others
P05952
0688
0408
Joshi, Anant Manohar
H
M
H
1882
khyal
P00873
0685
0407
Joseph, Sebastian K.
C
M
O
1920
vocal
P00871
0683
0406
Joglekar, Dattatraya Ganesh
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00826
0631
0405
Joga Rao, Kavirayani
C
M
H
1928
vina
P00869
0681
0404
Jog, Vishnu Govind
H
M
H
1922
violin
P00868
0680
0403
Jhala, Sukhrajsinh Pathubha
H
M
H
1924
sitar
P00867
0679
0402
Jha, Raghu
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P00865
0677
0401
Jayaraman, Viravanallur Sundaram
C
M
H
1940
mridangam
P00864
0676
0400
Jayaraman, Lalgudi G.
C
M
H
1930
violin
P00863
0675
0399
Jayarama Iyer,T.K.
C
M
H
1894
violin
P00862
0674
0398
Jayammal, Tanjore*
C
F
H
1891
vocal
P00861
0673
0397
Jayamma, Narayana Rao
C
F
H
1925
vina
P00857
0669
0396
Jayalakshmi, Santhanam
C
F
H
1933
vocal
P00848
0658
0395
Jayalakshmi
C
F
H
1934
vocal
P00846
0656
0394
Jaya,G.R.
C
M
H
1940
vocal
P00845
0655
0393
Jawali, Sheelavant Shankarappa
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00844
0654
0392
Jaswal, Balwant Rai
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00074
0653
0391
Jasraj, Pandit
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00843
0652
0390
Janorikar, Trimbak Dattatraya
H
M
H
1921
khyal
P00842
0651
0389
Janardana Sastry, Jandhyala
C
M
H
1926
mridangam
P00087
0650
0388
Janakiraman, S.R.
C
M
H
1928
P00841
0649
0387
Janakiram, V.L.
C
M
H
1931
vina
P00840
0648
0386
Janakidevi, Rayaprolu
C
F
H
1930
vocal
P00839
0647
0385
Janaki, Komattil
C
F
H
1923
vocal
P00836
0643
0384
Janaki, Hariharan S.
C
F
H
1931
vina
P00835
0642
0383
Jambaldinni, Siddharam
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P00833
0639
0382
Jalajakshamma, R.
C
F
H
1932
vocal
P00831
0637
0381
Jaiopurwale, Laxman Prasad
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P00830
0636
0380
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
O
1912
jaltarang
violin
mukur
P00109
0635
0379
Jaideva Singh, Thakur
O
M
H
1896
vocal
P06742
0634
0378
Jahangir Khan
H
M
M
1871
tabla
P00828
0633
0377
Jagannatha Rao, Manchala
C
M
H
1921
vina
P00827
0632
0376
Jagannadhacharyulu N.C.V.
C
M
H
1938
vocal
P00825
0630
0375
Jadhav, Vishwanathbuwa
H
M
H
1886
khyal
P00824
0629
0374
Jadhav, Sidharam Bhimanna
H
M
H
1927
sitar
P00821
0626
0373
Jadhav, Laxmibai
H
F
H
1901
khyal
dhrupad
P00822
0627
0372
Jadhav, Pandarinath
H
M
H
1930
tabla
P00818
0623
0371
Jadeja, Pravinsinhji Lakhaji
H
M
H
1926
khyal
P00815
0620
0370
Jadav, Naginlal Somabhai
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00814
0619
0369
Jacob, Bernard Vivian
O
M
O
1918
P00813
0618
0368
Iswaran, Ramamad V.
C
M
H
1913
mridangam
P00812
0617
0367
Ismail Daddoo Khan
H
M
M
1936
tabla
P00811
0616
0366
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1908
khyal
P00808
0613
0365
Ingale, Shridhar Gundo
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00807
0612
0364
Ingale, Madhav K.
H
M
H
1933
khyal
P00804
0609
0363
Inamdar, V.L.
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P02053
0608
0362
Imarat Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1935
surbahar
sitar
P00802
0607
0361
Ilyas Khan
H
M
M
sitar