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
0160
Chandramouli, Karlepalem
P00506
0281
C
M
H
1929
Vocal
0159
Chandekar, Shankar Vishnu
P00503
0278
H
M
H
1901
harmonium
0158
Chanda Hussain
P00501
0276
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
0157
Chand Khan(Chand-Rang)
P00500
0275
H
M
M
1898
khyal
0156
Chaliha, Padmadhar (Fulanir Mali)
P00497
0272
O
M
H
1895
Vocal
0155
Chakraborty, Suren
P00492
0267
H
M
H
1899
Others
0154
Chaitanya Deva, Bigamudre
P00490
0265
H
M
H
1922
khyal
0153
Butt, Sanna Ullah
P00489
0264
H
M
M
1912
rabab
0152
Butchirama Sastry, Inuganti
P00488
0263
C
M
H
1898
violin
0151
Burman, Sachin Dev
P00089
0262
O
M
H
1906
Vocal
0150
Bundu Khan
P06119
0261
H
M
M
1907
sitar
0149
Brahmiah Sastry, Sistu
P00483
0257
C
M
H
1909
violin
0148
Brahaspati, Kalias Chandra Deva
P00482
0256
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
0147
Bose, Sunil K. (Ga-Ni)
P00481
0255
H
M
H
1914
khyal
Others
0146
Bose, Joya
P00479
0253
H
F
H
1941
sitar
0145
Bose, Ila
P00478
0252
H
F
H
1936
khyal
0144
Bordolayee, Sundor
P00476
0250
H
M
H
1916
sitar
0143
Boral, Rai Chand
P00080
0249
H
M
H
1904
tabla
0142
Bodhankar, Dattatray Mandhaorao
P00475
0248
H
M
H
1923
tabla
0141
Bodas,Shankar Shripad
P00474
0247
H
M
H
1900
khyal
0140
Biswas, Debabrata
P00471
0244
O
M
H
1911
Vocal
0139
Biswas, Anil
P00469
0242
O
M
H
1914
0138
Bismillah Khan
P00014
0241
H
M
M
1916
shahanai
0137
Bina Devi
P00466
0238
H
F
H
1932
Others
0136
Bhutan, Durgaprasad
P00463
0235
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0135
Bhuvaneswariah, P.
P00464
0236
C
M
H
1922
violin
0134
Bhullan Khan
P00462
0234
H
M
M
1918
pakhavaj
tabla
0133
Bhorwani, Parshurin, P.
P00458
0230
H
M
H
1926
tabla
0132
Bhole, Keshav Waman (Ekalawya, Shuddhasarang)
P00447
0219
H
M
H
1896
khyal
harmonium
0131
Bhole, Jyotsna Keshav
P00041
0218
H
F
H
1914
khyal
Others
0130
Bholanath Prassana
P00446
0217
H
M
H
1930
shahanai
flute
0129
Bhimshankar Rao, Ch.
P06203
0216
H
M
H
1919
khyal
0128
Bhendigeri, Basavaraj S.
P00442
0213
H
M
H
1928
tabla
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
929
khyal
0126
Bhave, Madhusudan Vishnu
P00439
0210
H
M
H
1926
khyal
0125
Bhava Narayana Rao, Dwaram
P00414
0185
C
M
H
1924
violin
0124
Bhattacharya, Indranil
P00433
0204
H
M
H
1936
sitar
0123
Bhattacharaya, Dhirendra Nath
0015
H
M
H
1891
khyal
dhrupad
0122
Bhattacharaya, Bibekananda
P00429
0200
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
0120
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
P00292
0050
H
M
H
1937
Others
0119
Bhatt, Shaahi Mohan
P00427
0198
H
M
H
1929
sitar
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
0117
Bhatt, Manju
P00425
0196
H
F
H
1945
sitar
0116
Bhatt, Bhola Nath
P00423
0194
H
M
H
1884
khyal
Others
0115
Bhatt, Bhagawatiprasad Premshankar
P00422
0193
H
M
H
1914
khyal
0114
Bhatt, Balwantrai Gulabrai (bhavrang)
P00421
0192
H
M
H
1921
khyal
0113
Bhaskaran Nair, Vaikom
P00415
0186
C
M
H
1916
mridangam
0112
Bhaskaran, Sikkil R.
P00416
0187
C
M
H
1936
violin
0111
Bhanjachaudhuri, Susil Kumar
P00412
0183
H
M
H
1908
sitar
surbahar
0110
Bhanj, Radhakrushna
P00411
0182
H
M
H
1928
Others
0109
Bhajantri, Bhimsen Durgappa
P00410
0181
H
M
H
1934
shahanai
0108
Bhagwandass, Brahm Bhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
1931
tabla
0107
Bhagavathi, T.S.
P00408
0179
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0106
Behera, Narayan
P00406
0177
C
M
M
1917
vina
0105
Begum Akhtar, Abbasi
P00405
0176
H
F
H
1914
Others
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
0103
Bavle, Bhanudas Mukundarao
P00401
0172
H
M
H
1930
dilruba
tabla
0102
Barve, Padmakar Narnar
P06804
0160
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0101
Barve, Manahar G.
P00396
0167
H
M
H
1910
khyal
0100
Barodekar, Kamalabai
P00393
0164
H
F
H
1909
khyal
Others
0099
Bari Moti Bai
P00391
0161
H
F
H
1901
Others
0098
Bapu Rao (Nadanand)
P00390
0159
H
M
H
1889
sitar
0097
Bapanna Sastry, Mahendravada
P00389
0158
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
0096
Banerjee, Ramesh Chandra
P00383
0152
H
M
H
1905
khyal
dhrupad
0095
Banerjee, Tarun
P00385
0154
H
M
H
1927
Others
0094
Bangari Bai
P00388
0157
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
0093
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
P00384
0153
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
0092
Banerjee, Prasum
P00382
0151
H
F
H
1926
khyal
0091
Banerjee, Meera
P00381
0149
H
F
H
1932
khyal
0090
Banerjee, Keshab Chandra
P00380
0148
H
M
H
1892
tabla
0089
Banerjee, Ashesh Chandra
P00377
0145
H
M
H
1920
esraj
sitar
0088
Banerjea, Kanika (Mohar)
P00375
0143
H
F
H
1925
Vocal
0087
Bandopadhyaya, Shripada
P00374
0142
H
M
H
1911
khyal
sitar
0086
Bali, Madan Lal
P00371
0139
H
M
H
1929
khyal
0085
Bali, Harish Chandra
P00370
0138
H
M
H
1906
khyal
0084
Balasubramaniam, M.
P00368
0136
C
M
H
1927
violin
0083
Balasubrahmanya Sarma, Mahillapalli Surya
P00367
0135
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
0082
Balasubbarayaloo, Trichy
P00365
0133
C
M
H
1917
violin
0081
Balamurali Krishna, Mangalampalli
P05924
0131
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
0080
Balambal, J.
P00363
0130
C
F
H
1925
Vocal
0079
Balakrishnier, Madras
P00362
0129
C
M
H
1888
violin
0078
Balakrishnan, P.
P00361
0128
C
M
H
1914
violin
0077
Balakrishnan, Chalakudy N.S.
P00360
0127
C
M
H
1931
violin
flute
0076
Balakrishna Ayyangar, T.K.
P00359
0126
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
0075
Blachander, S.
P00358
0125
C
M
H
1927
vina
0074
Bakkal, Mohammad Abdullah Tibet
P00356
0123
H
M
M
1913
khyal
0073
Bahadur Khan
P00352
0119
H
M
M
1929
sarod
0072
Badkar, Mirabai Dattatraya
P00348
0115
H
F
H
1916
khyal
0071
Babu Khan Alwarwale
P00347
0114
H
M
M
1929
tabla
0070
Babu Iyengar
P00346
0113
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
0069
Azmat Hussain Khan (Maikal, Dilrang)
P00345
0111
H
M
M
1911
khyal
dhrupad
0068
Azambai Hukkeri
P00342
0108
H
F
H
1930
khyal
0067
Azambai, Dadasaheb Pisal
P00343
0109
H
F
H
1904
khyal
0066
Ayyamani Lyer, C.K.,
P00341
0107
C
M
H
1908
mridangam
0065
Atre, Vishnu Shamrao
P00337
0103
H
M
H
1903
khyal
0064
Atre, Prabha Dattatraya
P05988
0102
H
M
H
1932
khyal
Others
0063
Athavale, Vinayak Ramcandra
P00336
0101
H
M
H
1918
khyal
0062
Ata Hussain Khan(Ratan)
P00335
0100
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
0061
Arya, Kantilal Purushottamdas
P00333
0097
H
M
H
1913
khyal

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