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
2760
Sarma, Dilip
P01500
1345
O
M
H
1926
Vocal
2759
Sarma, Atul Chandra
P01800
1659
O
M
H
1916
Vocal
2758
Sarkar, Suprova
P01499
1344
O
F
H
1924
Vocal
2757
Sardarm Prabhudev Madiwaleshwar
P00851
0662
H
M
H
1925
khyal
2756
Sardar Khan
P01498
1343
H
M
M
1928
sarangi
2755
Sarajoo Prasad Singh
P01497
1342
H
M
H
1917
tabla
2754
Saradamani, K. (Parur Sister)
P01496
1341
C
F
H
1923
Vocal
2753
Sarada, Sivanandam
P01495
1340
H
M
H
1927
vina
2752
Sarda, Anantharaman
P01795
1654
C
M
H
1917
Vocal
2751
Saptarashi, Ramachandra Damodar
P01493
1338
H
M
H
1909
khyal
2750
Saptarashi, P.D.
P01494
1339
H
M
H
1912
violin
2749
Sant Ram
P01491
1336
H
M
H
1929
tabla
2748
Santha Kumari, Vedamurthy G.
P01902
1766
C
M
H
1939
Vocal
2747
Santha Kumari, Komatti
P01492
1337
C
M
H
1932
Vocal
2746
Sankarasivam, C.S.
P01489
1334
C
M
H
1905
Vocal
2745
Sankarasastri Emani
P00027
1333
C
M
H
1922
vina
2744
Sankarayana Panicker, K. (Ambalapuzha Brothers)
P01490
1335
C
M
H
1911
nagasvaram
2743
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
P01488
1332
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
2742
Sankaran Kutty Nayar, Mavelikara
P01485
1329
C
M
H
1924
mridangam
2741
Sankaran, Trichy S.
P01901
1765
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
2740
Sankaran, T.
P01487
1331
C
M
H
1906
Vocal
2739
Sankaran, S. (Kumbakonam Brothers)
P01486
1330
C
M
H
1918
Vocal
2738
Sangavkar, Mahamulal
P01484
1328
H
M
H
1920
tabla
2737
Sampatlal
P01483
1327
H
M
H
1933
tabla
2736
Sambasivan, Mannargudi
P01482
1326
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
2735
Sambandam, Pillai T.S.
P01481
1325
C
M
H
1913
Vocal
2734
Salamat Hussain Khan
P01480
1324
H
M
M
1908
dhrupad
khyal
2733
Sakuntala Srinivasan
P01899
1763
C
M
H
vina
2732
Sakuntala, Raman
P01479
1323
C
M
H
1939
Vocal
2731
Sakuntala, Narasimhan
P01900
1764
C & H
F
H
1940
khyal
Others
2730
Sakthivel, M.S.
P01478
1322
C
M
H
1914
mridangam
2729
Sajjad Hussain
P01477
1321
H
M
M
1920
shahanai
2728
Sahu, Sunakar
P01476
1320
H
M
H
1934
violin
2727
Sahu, Jagabandhu
P01475
1319
H
M
H
violin
tabla
2726
Sahu, Bibbu Prasad
P01474
1318
H
M
H
esraj
2725
Sadasicam Pillai, Sirkali K.
P01898
1762
C
M
H
1904
Vocal
2724
Sadasiva Sastry, Mulukutla
P01473
1317
C
M
H
1915
Vocal
2723
Sadagopan, V.V. (Seshadasan nandan)
P01472
1316
C
M
H
1925
Vocal
2722
Sechdev, G.S.
P01786
1643
H
M
H
1934
flute
2721
Sabri Khan
P06043
1315
H
M
M
1925
sarangi
2720
Saboto, Tripurari
P01471
1314
H
M
H
1923
Others
2719
Rukmini, T.
P00098
1761
C
F
H
1937
violin
2718
Rukmini Ramani
P01896
1759
C
F
H
1939
Vocal
2717
Rukmini, Rajagopalan
P01897
1760
C
F
H
1913
Vocal
2716
Roy Choudhury, Rabi
P01466
1309
H
M
H
1915
sarod
others
2715
Roy Choudhury, Irene
P01894
1757
H
M
H
1939
khyal
Others
2714
Roy, Raja
P01895
1758
H
M
H
1911
sitar
2713
Roy, Neela V.B.
P01470
1313
C
F
H
1920
vina
2712
Roy, Kalyani
P01469
1312
H
M
H
1931
santur
2711
Roy, Juthika
P01468
1311
H
F
H
1920
khyal
Others
2710
Roy, Bimal
P01467
1310
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
Others
2709
Roshan Akhtar Begum
P01893
1756
H
F
M
1927
khyal
2708
Rose, Swar Saikia Bayan
P01465
1308
O
F
H
1927
Vocal
2707
Ron, Mariyappa Sathappa
P01464
1307
H
M
H
1922
flute
2706
Ringe, Vishwanatharao Ganhatrao (Tanrang)
P01463
1306
H
M
H
1922
khyal
2705
Revathi, Ratnaswamy
P01771
1628
C
F
H
1936
Vocal
2704
Ravamma, Kaviyoor
P01457
1299
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
2703
Revamma, C.K.
P01891
1754
C
F
H
1931
Vocal
2702
Renganayaki, T.S.
P01461
1304
C
M
H
1910
mridangam
2701
Rangachari, T.K.
P01790
1647
C
M
H
1912
Vocal
2700
Renga Ayyengar, R.
P01460
1303
C
M
H
1902
jaltarang
2699
Renmat Ali Khan
P01462
1305
H
M
M
1940
sarod
2698
Reddy, K.V.
P01459
1302
C
M
H
1925
violin
2697
Ray, Ajit Kumar
P01458
1301
H
M
H
1921
guitar
2696
Rawat, Sham Sher Singh
P01115
0938
H
M
H
1935
Others
2695
Ravi Shankar
P06507
1300
H
M
H
1920
sitar
2694
Rattan, Master
P00639
0431
H
M
H
1914
Others
2693
Ratoniya, Narayan Prasad
P01456
1298
H
M
H
1921
tabla
2692
Ratnam, Thampuran
P01455
1297
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
2691
Ratnabai, Krishnamurthy
P01890
1753
C
F
H
1929
Vocal
2690
Rathnam, T.V.
P01454
1296
C
F
H
1928
Vocal
2689
Rathna, R.
P02006
1876
C
F
H
Vocal
2688
Raool, Gajanan Shanlar
P01887
1749
H
M
H
1931
tabla
2687
Rao, V.N. Swaramurthy
P01452
1294
C
M
H
1918
vina
2686
Rangaswamy, S.R.
P01451
1293
C
M
H
1921
flute
2685
Rangaswamy, M.R.
P01886
1748
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
dholak
kanjira
2684
Rangaswamy, K.
P01450
1292
C
M
H
1934
Vocal
2683
Rangaswamy, B.S.
P01449
1291
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
2682
Ranganayaki, Rajagopalan
P00084
1290
C
F
H
1932
vina
2681
Ranganayaki, K.L. Chittoor
P01448
1289
C
F
H
1933
Vocal
2680
Ranganayakamma, G.V.
P01885
1747
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
2679
Ranganayaka Sarma, Nelabhotala
P01884
1746
C
M
H
1936
Vocal
2678
Rathna, M.N.
P01453
1295
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
2677
Rathinam, T.V.
P01889
1752
C
M
H
1930
Vocal
2676
Ratajankar, Dhyaneshwar Dattaram
P01888
1751
H
M
H
1929
khyal
dhrupad
Others
2675
Ranganath, V.V.
P01881
1743
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
kanjira
2674
Ranganathan, Varahoor
P01883
1745
C
M
H
1927
Vocal
2673
Ranganathan, Srinagam, R.
P01882
1744
C
M
H
1924
Vocal
2672
Ranganathan, S.
P01447
1288
C
M
H
1932
ghatam
2671
Rangamma, S.B.
P01880
1742
C
F
H
1931
Vocal
2670
Rane, Saraswati Bal Sunderao
P01446
1287
H
F
H
1918
khyal
Others
2669
Ranade, Vasant
P01445
1286
H
M
H
1936
violin
2668
Ramzan Khan
P06343
1005
H
M
M
tabla
2667
Ram Shankar Das(Swami Pagaldas)
P06033
0491
H
M
H
1920
mridangam
pakhavaj
tabla
2666
Raman Pillai, Bhaskaran Nair
P01871
1733
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
2665
Ram Narain
P05968
1255
H
M
H
1928
sarangi
2664
Rammohan Rao,Dandamudi
P01443
1284
C
M
H
1934
mridangam
2663
Ramdeshwar 'Anand'
P01877
1739
H
M
H
1937
khyal
2662
Ramdas, Kumavat
P01876
1738
H
M
H
1912
dhrupad
Others
2661
Ramdas, Kritankar
P01875
1737
H
M
H
1910
dhrupad
khyal
Others

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