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
P00660
0452
0260
Gangadaran, T.R.
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
P00659
0451
0259
Gangadaram Pilla V.
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
P00658
0450
0258
Ganesan, Parur M.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P00656
0448
0257
Ganesa Bhagavathar, S.
C
M
H
1907
vocal
P00654
0446
0256
Gandhi, Vijayalaxinl Purushottam
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00653
0445
0255
Gandhi, Amritlal Nichhabhai
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P00652
0444
0254
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00650
0442
0253
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
H
M
H
1932
tabla
P00649
0441
0252
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
O
M
H
1929
vocal
P00644
0436
0251
Faqir Chand
H
M
H
1933
tabla
P00591
0377
0250
Dutta, Birendranath
O
M
H
1935
violin
P00638
0430
0249
Duraikkannu, N.K.
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
P00035
0429
0248
Durai, Guruvayur
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
P00637
0428
0247
Doshi, Amubhai V.
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00637
0428
0246
Doshi, Amriklal Virji
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00635
0425
0245
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
C
M
H
1920
vina
P00026
0426
0244
Doreswamy, R.N.
C
M
H
1916
vina
P00571
0355
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
C
M
H
1922
flute
P00632
0422
0242
Doolwal, Ghulam Nabi(Janbaz)
H
M
M
1929
tabla
flute
banjo
P00631
0421
0241
Dominic Pereira
O
M
O
1900
violin
P00630
0420
0240
Doddamani, Sounbai
H
F
H
1919
khyal
others
P00628
0418
0239
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vichitra vina
P00626
0416
0238
Dixit, Hemendra Venilal
H
M
H
1928
flute
P00625
0415
0237
Dixit, Bhau Seheb
H
M
H
1927
tabla
P00624
0414
0236
Divatia, Kshemendra Virmitra
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00623
0413
0235
Dhulekar, Sharadabai Pyarebhai
H
M
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
others
P00622
0412
0234
Dhoolji Khan
H
M
M
1902
tabla
P00620
0410
0233
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
C
F
H
1926
vocal
P00619
0409
0232
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00618
0408
0231
Dhage, Shridhar Wamanrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00617
0407
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
H
M
H
1892
khyal
P00010
0406
0229
Devendrappa, B.
C
M
H
1899
vocal
P00616
0405
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00614
0403
0227
Desikachar, V.
C
M
H
1924
flute
P00613
0402
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00604
0393
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00609
0398
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
H
M
H
1916
khyal
P00608
0397
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
H
M
H
1907
khyal
P00607
0396
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
H
M
M
1918
khyal
P00606
0395
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
H
M
H
1900
khyal
P00605
0394
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
H
M
H
1920
khyal
P00603
0392
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
H
M
H
1890
others
P00602
0391
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P06818
0390
0217
Desai, Nidhara
H
F
H
1927
khyal
P00601
0389
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P06082
0388
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P00600
0387
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
H
M
H
1926
others
P00597
0384
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
O
M
H
1904
vocal
P00092
0383
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
H
M
M
1916
tabla
P00596
0382
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
H
M
H
1930
khyal
P00594
0380
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
H
M
H
1917
others
P00595
0381
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
P00592
0378
0208
Datta, Kanai
H
M
H
1924
tabla
P00028
0376
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
H
M
H
1919
khyal
P00589
0374
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
H
M
H
1923
flute
P00587
0372
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
H
M
H
1937
khyal
others
P05927
0371
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
H
M
H
1933
sarod
P00586
0370
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
C
M
H
1912
P00585
0369
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P00583
0367
0201
Das, Ram Saran
H
M
H
1925
khyal
P00582
0366
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
O
M
H
1919
P00581
0365
0199
Das, Mira
H
M
H
1924
khyal
P00578
0362
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
khyal
P00577
0361
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
tabla
esraj
violin
P00575
0359
0196
Das, Gunada
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P00574
0358
0195
Das, Balkrishna
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P00573
0357
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
O
M
H
1909
vocal
P00570
0354
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
O
M
M
1931
P00569
0353
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
H
M
H
1921
khyal
others
P00566
0350
0191
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
C
M
H
1908
vocal
P00567
0351
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
H
M
H
1915
khyal
others
P00564
0348
0189
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
P00565
0349
0188
Dakshinamurty, V.
C
M
H
1919
vocal
P00563
0347
0187
Dakshinamurthy, B.
C
M
H
1928
violin
P00562
0346
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
C
M
H
1924
tavil
P00561
0345
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
C
M
H
1929
vocal
P00079
0344
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
P06047
0342
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
P06042
0341
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
P00558
0338
0181
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
P00556
0336
0180
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
O
F
H
1937
vocal
P00553
0333
0179
Chorghade, Vimal L.
H
M
H
1920
khyal
others
P00550
0330
0178
Chokkamma, N.
C
F
H
1922
vina
P00025
0326
0177
Chitti Abbai, Domada
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
P00548
0328
0176
Chitti, Chippada
C
M
H
1926
Nagaswaram
clarinet
P00546
0324
0175
Chitra Gupta
O
M
H
1919
P00544
0322
0174
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
C
M
H
1880
violin
P00541
0319
0173
China Satyanarayana, Nookala
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P00542
0320
0172
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
P00012
0318
0171
Chikhalikar, Nilkanth Buva
H
M
H
1913
khyal
P00539
0316
0170
Chhaya, Pushpa
H
F
H
1936
khyal
P00536
0313
0169
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P00472
0245
0168
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
P00535
0312
0167
Chellappa, K.S.
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
P00530
0307
0166
Chavda, Kishan Singh
H
M
H
1904
tabla
pakhavaj
P00038
0306
0165
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
H
M
H
1938
flute
P00022
0046
0164
Chaubey, Debabrata
H
M
H
1935
sitar
P00525
0301
0163
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
H
M
H
1908
khyal
P00514
0290
0162
Channamma, G.
C
F
H
1913
vocal
P00510
0286
0161
Chandrashekharaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang