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: WWIM ID - Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
0260
Gangadaran, T.R.
P00660
0452
C
M
H
1932
nagasvaram
0259
Gangadaram Pilla V.
P00659
0451
C
M
H
1899
nagasvaram
0258
Ganesan, Parur M.
P00658
0450
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
0257
Ganesa Bhagavathar, S.
P00656
0448
C
M
H
1907
Vocal
0256
Gandhi, Vijayalaxinl Purushottam
P00654
0446
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0255
Gandhi, Amritlal Nichhabhai
P00653
0445
H
M
H
1931
khyal
0254
Gandharva, Pannalal Harilal
P00652
0444
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0253
Gaitonde, Suresh B.
P00650
0442
H
M
H
1932
tabla
0252
Gadhvi, Hemu Nanbha
P00649
0441
O
M
H
1929
Vocal
0251
Faqir Chand
P00644
0436
H
M
H
1933
tabla
0250
Dutta, Birendranath
P00591
0377
O
M
H
1935
violin
0249
Duraikkannu, N.K.
P00638
0430
C
M
H
1919
nagasvaram
0248
Durai, Guruvayur
P00035
0429
C
M
H
1939
mridangam
kanjira
0247
Doshi, Amubhai V.
P00637
0428
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0246
Doshi, Amriklal Virji
P00637
0428
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0245
Doreswamy Iyengar, Mysore V.
P00635
0425
C
M
H
1920
vina
0244
Doreswamy, R.N.
P00026
0426
C
M
H
1916
vina
0243
Daraswamy, M.R.
P00571
0355
C
M
H
1922
flute
0242
Doolwal, Ghulam Nabi(Janbaz)
P00632
0422
H
M
M
1929
banjo
flute
tabla
0241
Dominic Pereira
P00631
0421
O
M
Others
1900
violin
0240
Doddamani, Sounbai
P00630
0420
H
F
H
1919
khyal
Others
0239
Doctor, Hirjibhai R.
P00628
0418
H
M
H
1894
vchitra vina
dilruba
dilruba
0238
Dixit, Hemendra Venilal
P00626
0416
H
M
H
1928
flute
0237
Dixit, Bhau Seheb
P00625
0415
H
M
H
1927
tabla
0236
Divatia, Kshemendra Virmitra
P00624
0414
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0235
Dhulekar, Sharadabai Pyarebhai
P00623
0413
H
M
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
Others
0234
Dhoolji Khan
P00622
0412
H
M
M
1902
tabla
0233
Dhanalakshmi, V.C.
P00620
0410
C
F
H
1926
Vocal
0232
Dhal, Samant Nandanidhi
P00619
0409
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0231
Dhage, Shridhar Wamanrao
P00618
0408
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0230
Dewaskar, Ganpat Rao
P00617
0407
H
M
H
1892
khyal
0229
Devendrappa, B.
P00010
0406
C
M
H
1899
Vocal
0228
Devarajan, Paravur G.
P00616
0405
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0227
Desikachar, V.
P00614
0403
C
M
H
1924
flute
0226
Deshpande, Vinayak Krishna
P00613
0402
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0225
Deshoande, Vaman Hari
P00604
0393
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0224
Deshpande, Sakharam Bhagwat
P00609
0398
H
M
H
1916
khyal
0223
Deshpande, Sadashiv Bhagwant
P00608
0397
H
M
H
1907
khyal
0222
Deshpande, Mahadeva Govind
P00607
0396
H
M
M
1918
khyal
0221
Deshpande, Gururao Narayanrao
P00606
0395
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0220
Deshpande, Dinkarrao Shankarrao
P00605
0394
H
M
H
1920
khyal
0219
Desai, Vibhukumar Shivrai
P00603
0392
H
M
H
1890
Others
0218
Desai, Thakorbhai KhushaLbhai
P00602
0391
H
M
H
1917
khyal
0217
Desai, Nidhara
0390
H
F
H
1927
khyal
0216
Desai, Chaitanya Pundarik
P00601
0389
H
M
H
1911
khyal
0215
Deodhar, Balkrishna Raghunath
P06082
0388
H
M
H
1902
khyal
0214
Deo, Yeshwant Trimbak
P00600
0387
H
M
H
1926
Others
0213
Dayal, Chadra Sutradhar
P00597
0384
O
M
H
1904
Vocal
0212
Dawood, Shaikh
P00092
0383
H
M
M
1916
tabla
0211
Dave, Vasudeo Mulshanker
P00596
0382
H
M
H
1930
khyal
0210
Dave, Ramanalal(Ramniklal) Ratilal
P00594
0380
H
M
H
1917
Others
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
0208
Datta, Kanai
P00592
0378
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0207
Dastur, Firoz B.
P00028
0376
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0206
Dasgupta, Sushil
P00589
0374
H
M
H
1923
flute
0205
Dasgupta, Krishna
P00587
0372
H
M
H
1937
khyal
Others
0204
Dasgupta, Buddhadev
P05927
0371
H
M
H
1933
sarod
0203
Dasappa, G.R.
P00586
0370
C
M
H
1912
0202
Das, Sachindra Bhusan(Schin Das Motilal)
P00585
0369
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0201
Das, Ram Saran
P00583
0367
H
M
H
1925
khyal
0200
Das, Raghab Chandra
P00582
0366
O
M
H
1919
0199
Das, Mira
P00581
0365
H
M
H
1924
khyal
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
P00578
0362
H
M
H
1961
khyal
0197
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
P00577
0361
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
0196
Das, Gunada
P00575
0359
H
F
H
1939
khyal
0195
Das, Balkrishna
P00574
0358
H
M
H
1923
khyal
0194
Das, Anandi Ram
P00573
0357
O
M
H
1909
Vocal
0193
Dar, Gulam Mohammad
P00570
0354
O
M
M
1931
0192
Dantale, Govindrao
P00569
0353
H
M
H
1921
khyal
Others
0191
Damdamani Desigar, Murugayya
P00566
0350
C
M
H
1908
Vocal
0190
Damle, Anant Shankar
P00567
0351
H
M
H
1915
khyal
Others
0189
Dakshinamurthy Pillai, Sembanarkoil R.
P00564
0348
C
M
H
1904
nagasvaram
0188
Dakshinamurty, V.
P00565
0349
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
0187
Dakshinamurthy, B.
P00563
0347
C
M
H
1928
violin
0186
Dakshinamoorthy, V.N.G.
P00562
0346
C
M
H
1924
tavil
0185
Dakshinamoorthy, Kovai R.
P00561
0345
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
P00079
0344
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
P06042
0341
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
0181
Chowdhuri, Pruya Lal
P00558
0338
H
M
H
1918
violin
tarshahnai
0180
Choudhry, Pushp Rani
P00556
0336
O
F
H
1937
Vocal
0179
Chorghade, Vimal L.
P00553
0333
H
M
H
1920
khyal
Others
0178
Chokkamma, N.
P00550
0330
C
F
H
1922
vina
0177
Chitti Abbai, Domada
P00025
0326
C
M
H
1930
nagasvaram
0176
Chitti, Chippada
P00548
0328
C
M
H
1926
clarinet
nagaswaram
0175
Chitra Gupta
P00546
0324
O
M
H
1919
0174
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
P00544
0322
C
M
H
1880
violin
0173
China Satyanarayana, Nookala
P00541
0319
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
0172
Chinapeeru Sahib, Shaik
P00542
0320
C
M
M
1907
nagasvaram
0171
Chikhalikar, Nilkanth Buva
P00012
0318
H
M
H
1913
khyal
0170
Chhaya, Pushpa
P00539
0316
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0169
Chhatpar, Murli Sundardas
P00536
0313
H
M
H
1926
sitar
0168
Chenchu Ramiah, Potluru
P00472
0245
C
M
H
1904
vina
flute
0167
Chellappa, K.S.
P00535
0312
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
0166
Chavda, Kishan Singh
P00530
0307
H
M
H
1904
pakhavaj
tabla
0165
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
P00038
0306
H
M
H
1938
flute
0164
Chaubey, Debabrata
P00022
0046
H
M
H
1935
sitar
0163
Chaubey, S.K. (Rasik)
P00525
0301
H
M
H
1908
khyal
0162
Channamma, G.
P00514
0290
C
F
H
1913
Vocal
0161
Chandrashekharaiah, M.S.
P00510
0286
C
M
H
1914
vina
jaltarang

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