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
P00801
0606
0360
Ikramul Majid
H
M
M
others
P00800
0605
0359
Husan Lal
H
M
H
1922
khyal
others
P00795
0600
0358
Honnappa Bhagavatar, C.
C
M
H
1918
vocal
P00794
0598
0357
Hiremathm Gadigeyya Shivayya
H
M
H
1919
tabla
P00791
0595
0356
Harischandran K.
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
P00790
0594
0355
Harisankara Bhagavathar
C
M
H
1906
vocal
P00788
0592
0354
Hariharasubramani Iyer, N.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00787
0591
0353
Harihara Iyer, K.S.
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P00786
0590
0352
Harichandran, Namai Charam
H
M
H
1901
others
P00785
0589
0351
Hariani, Vidyaram M.
H
M
H
1926
others
P00782
0586
0350
Hanumantha Rayudu, J.P
C
M
H
1924
vina
P00783
0587
0349
Hanumantha Rayudu, Janeendar Chinna
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P00781
0585
0348
Hanumantha Rao, Krovvidi
C
M
H
1914
mridangam
P00780
0584
0347
Hangal, Sharada
H
F
H
1929
khyal
P05991
0583
0346
Hangal, Gangubai(Gandhari)
H
F
H
1913
khyal
P00779
0582
0345
Hamid Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1930
khyal
P00778
0581
0344
Haldankar Suresh Vinayak
H
M
H
1926
khyal
others
P05786
0579
0343
Hafiz Ali Khan
H
M
M
1880
dhrupad
sarod
P05949
0578
0342
Hafeez Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1926
khyal
others
P00776
0577
0341
Gururajappa, Thirumakudalu
C
M
H
1908
violin
P00775
0576
0340
Gurav, Sangmeshwar Ganapatrao
H
M
H
1913
khyal
dhrupad
P00774
0575
0339
Gurav, Gundu Ramchandra
H
M
H
1928
khyal
P00769
0570
0338
Gundani, Shashikant Rameshwar
H
M
H
1926
violin
P00768
0569
0337
Gundani, Saroj Shashi Kant
H
M
H
1938
others
P00767
0568
0336
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
khyal
P00767
0568
0335
Gunay, Narayan Laxman
H
M
H
1906
others
P00763
0564
0334
Gula, Rasul Kale Khan
H
M
M
1896
harmonium
P00765
0566
0333
Gulam Hussain
H
M
M
1906
tabla
P00761
0562
0332
Gudihal, Ramrao Vijayadas
H
M
H
1910
sitar
P00694
0489
0331
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00759
0560
0330
Goyari Sunam Chandra
O
M
H
1925
vocal
P00758
0559
0329
Gowripathi Sastri, Sistu
C
M
H
1913
vina
P00757
0558
0328
Gowrikumari, M.G.
C
F
H
1931
vina
P00756
0557
0327
Gowri, Kuppuswamy
C
F
H
1935
vocal
P00751
0552
0326
Govindaswami Naicker, V.
C
M
H
1915
violin
P00753
0554
0325
Govindaswamy, M.S.
C
M
H
917
vocal
P00750
0551
0324
Govindasamy Phillai, C.V.
C
M
H
1901
nagasvaram
P00749
0550
0323
Govindarajan, S.(Tiruvizhimizhalai Brothers Jr.)
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
P00748
0549
0322
Govindaraja Pillai, V.R.
C
M
H
1912
violin
P00747
0548
0321
Govindaraja Pillai, P
C
M
H
1911
tavil
P00746
0547
0320
Govindaraja Baghavather, M.K.
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P00745
0546
0319
Govindan Nambisan, Kadatha Nadu
C
M
H
1899
vocal
P00744
0545
0318
Govinda Vaier, K.S.
C
M
H
1920
mridangam
P00742
0543
0317
Govinda Pillai, Kanji Puram
C
M
H
1908
vocal
P00739
0540
0316
Gourhari Singh Laishram
H
M
H
1908
others
P00738
0539
0315
Goswami, Sukhendu
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P00737
0538
0314
Goswami, Sudhamay
H
M
H
1904
khyal
P00736
0537
0313
Goswami, Jash Karan
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P00029
0536
0312
Goswami, Gohan Chandra
O
M
H
1900
vocal
sitar
P00735
0535
0311
Goswami, Chandrakala
H
F
H
1936
khyal
P00734
0534
0310
Goswami, Brashmanand(Brahmarang)
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00733
0533
0309
Goswami,Brashmanand(Brahmarang)
H
M
H
1912
others
P00424
0195
0308
Gopal Singh
H
M
H
1911
pakhavaj
guitar
P00033
0513
0307
Gopala Krishna
H
M
H
1926
vina
vichitra vina
P06529
0510
0306
Gopal Das 1
H
M
H
1926
tabla
pakhavaj
P00726
0526
0305
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
C
M
H
vocal
P00724
0524
0304
Gopalam, Annavarapu
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
ghatam
kanjira
P00714
0514
0303
Gopala Nair, Shertallai R.
C
M
H
1924
vocal
P00722
0522
0302
Gopalakrishnan, Tripunithura Viswanathan
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
P00721
0521
0301
Gopalakrishnan, R.S.
C
M
H
1918
violin
P00720
0520
0300
Gopalakrishnan, Parur M.S.
C
M
H
1931
violin
P00719
0519
0299
Gopalakrishnaiah, Narra
C
M
H
1907
kanjira
P00718
0518
0298
Gopalakrishna Panicker, K.
C
M
H
1914
nagasvaram
P00717
0517
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
C
M
H
1883
violin
P00716
0516
0296
Gopalachari, Vellore, T.P.
C
M
H
1902
vocal
P00715
0515
0295
Gopala Rao, L.
C
M
H
1918
vina
P00710
0509
0294
Gomati, Vishwanathan
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00706
0505
0293
Gokhale, Padmavati
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00705
0504
0292
Gokhale, Mukund Govinda
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00053
0503
0291
Gokhale, Madhusudan(Lalji) Raghnath
H
M
H
1919
tabla
P00704
0502
0290
Gokhale, Ganesh Ramchandra
H
M
H
1894
khyal
P00703
0501
0289
Gnanasundaram, C.P.
C
M
H
1931
vocal
P00032
0498
0288
Girija Devi
H
F
H
1929
khyal
others
P06104
0497
0287
Giri Raj
H
M
H
1938
sitar
P00042
0496
0286
Ginde, Krishna
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
P00696
0492
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
P00529
0305
0284
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
H
M
M
1933
khyal
P00695
0490
0283
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaff
H
M
M
1907
santur
P00694
0489
0282
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
H
M
M
1912
sarangi
P00693
0488
0281
Ghulam Jaffer Khan
H
M
M
1913
sarangi
P00692
0487
0280
Ghulam Husain Khan
H
M
M
1928
sitar
P00691
0486
0279
Ghulam Ahemed Khan
H
M
M
1912
tabla
P00680
0474
0278
Ghose-Dastidar, Bijon
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00684
0478
0277
Ghosh, Radhagovinda
H
M
H
1912
tabla
pakhavaj
P00686
0480
0276
Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00682
0476
0275
Ghose, Santiv
O
M
H
1910
vocal
P00681
0475
0274
Ghose, Rathin
O
M
H
1920
vocal
P00678
0472
0273
Ghosal, Malati
H
M
H
1902
others
P00677
0471
0272
Ghate, Vithal Damodar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P00673
0466
0271
George, K.S.
C
M
O
1927
vocal
P00669
0461
0270
Garhwali, Shamsher Singh
H
M
H
1935
sarod
P00675
0469
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
P00671
0464
0268
Gazder, Adi Jameshed
O
M
M
1930
P05853
0462
0267
Gautam, Madurai Ramaswami
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00668
0460
0266
Garg, Laxminarayan
H
M
H
1932
sitar
P00667
0459
0265
Ganu, Pralhad Laxman
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00666
0458
0264
Ganguly, Tarum Kumar
H
M
H
1935
tabla
P00665
0457
0263
Ganguli, Hirendra Kumar
H
M
H
1911
tabla
P00662
0454
0262
Gangajaliwale, Sarojini
H
M
H
1933
khyal
P00661
0453
0261
Gangajaliwale, Manohar Gandesh
H
M
H
1932
khyal