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
P01209
1037
2360
Munir Khatoon
H
M
M
1934
khyal
dhrupad
others
P01208
1036
2359
Munir Khan(Munnu) 2
H
M
M
1911
sarangi
P01206
1034
2358
Mundle, Vishnu Narayan
H
M
H
1903
khyal
P01205
1033
2357
Munawar Ali Khan
H
M
M
1930
khyal
P01204
1032
2356
Mulve, Shashikant Shridhar
H
M
H
1939
tabla
P01202
1030
2355
Mullick, Narhari Pathak
H
M
H
1920
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01201
1029
2354
Muktiyar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
vocal
P00096
1028
2353
Mukta, T.
C
F
H
1914
vocal
P01199
1026
2352
Mukhopadhyaya, Sailen
O
M
H
1935
vocal
P01198
1025
2351
Mukhopadhyay, Usha Ranjan
H
F
H
1925
khyal
others
P01196
1023
2350
Mukherjee, Sunil Kumar
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P01200
1027
2349
Mukhrjeem Sidheswar
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
others
P01197
1024
2348
Mukherji, Pranav Kumar
H
M
H
1927
flute
sahanai
P01195
1022
2347
Mukherjee, Sandhya
H
F
H
1932
khyal
P01190
1017
2346
Mukherjee (Raychaudhuri) Manjushree
H
F
H
1936
khyal
others
P01194
1021
2345
Mukherjee, Hemanta Kumar
O
M
H
1922
vocal
P01193
1020
2344
Mukherjee, Dwijen
H
M
H
1927
others
P01192
1019
2343
Mukherjee, Bimalendu
H
M
H
1926
sitar
P06011
0915
2342
Mallick, Ramchatur
H
M
H
1905
dhrupad
khyal
P01097
0918
2341
Mallik, Chandra Kumar
H
M
H
1919
pakhavaj
P00853
0664
2340
Majaddid Niazi
H
M
M
1924
khyal
others
P01188
1015
2339
Morgode, Ganesh Sadashiv
H
M
H
1912
khyal
P01187
1014
2338
Moreshwar Vinayak
H
M
H
1890
others
P01186
1013
2337
More, Raghunat T.
H
M
H
1912
tabla
P01185
1012
2336
Moolji, Roshanali Gulamali
H
M
M
1913
khyal
others
P01183
1010
2335
Moinuddin Khan
H
M
M
1932
sarangi
P01182
1009
2334
Mohite, Shankarrao Laxman
H
M
H
1902
khyal
P01181
1008
2333
Mohanty, Akshaya Kumar
H
M
H
1937
khyal
others
P01180
1007
2332
Mohanta, Giri Kanta
O
M
H
1907
vocal
khol
P01179
1006
2331
Mohammed Yasin
H
M
M
1917
tabla
P01176
1003
2330
Mohammad Rahmathllah
H
M
M
1924
khyal
P01174
1001
2329
Mohammad Khasim Saheb
C
M
M
1919
clarinet
P01173
1000
2328
Mohammed Khan, Bande Ali Khan
H
M
M
1907
bin
surbahar
sitar
P01172
0999
2327
Mohammad Hamed Ahad
H
M
M
1935
violin
P01171
0998
2326
Mohammad Ayub Khan
H
M
M
1924
khyal
others
P01171
0998
2325
Mohd. Ayub Khan
H
M
M
1907
tabla
harmonium
ghatam
P01170
0997
2324
Mohammad Ahmed Banne
H
M
M
1919
sarangi
P00095
0996
2323
Mitra, Suchitra
O
F
H
1924
vocal
P01169
0995
2322
Mitra, Rajeswar (Sharnagadeva)
O
M
H
1917
P01166
0992
2321
Mitra, Protap Narayan
H
M
H
1903
pakhavaj
P01165
0991
2320
Misra, Maya
H
F
H
1932
sitar
P01168
0994
2319
Mistry, Saraswatisagar Ranchhodbhai
H
M
H
1918
khyal
P01167
0993
2318
Mistry, Kanubhai S.
H
F
H
1939
sitar
P01147
0971
2317
Mishra, Chhote Lal
H
M
H
1940
tabla
P01163
0989
2316
Mishra, Yamuna Prasad
H
M
H
1936
tabla
P01161
0987
2315
Mishra, Sushhela
H
F
H
1922
khyal
P01160
0986
2314
Mishra, Suresh
H
M
H
1934
sitar
P01158
0984
2313
Mishra, Ramji 2
H
F
H
1941
tabla
P01156
0982
2312
Mishra, Nand Kishore
H
M
H
tabla
P01155
0981
2311
Mishra, Nabakishore
H
M
H
1931
khyal
P01154
0980
2310
Mishra, Mahapurush
H
M
H
1934
tabla
P01151
0977
2309
Mishra, Hiradevi Kamal
H
F
H
1931
khyal
others
P01150
0976
2308
Mishra, Hari Shankar
H
M
H
1917
khyal
dhrupad
others
P01146
0970
2307
Mishra, Chakradhar
H
F
H
1926
khyal
P01145
0969
2306
Mishra, Bhubaneswar
H
M
H
1927
violin
P01143
0967
2305
Mishra, Baji Nath Prasad
H
M
H
1915
sarangi
P06012
0988
2304
Mishra, Uma Shankar
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01159
0985
2303
Mishra, Samta Prasad (Samta Prasad)
H
M
H
1920
tabla
P01157
0983
2302
Mishra, Ramji 1
H
M
H
1914
tabla
P01153
0979
2301
Mishra, Mahadeo Prasad
H
M
H
1907
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01152
0978
2300
Mishra, Kishori Prasad
H
M
H
1928
sarangi
P00037
0975
2299
Mishra, Hanuman Prasad
H
M
H
1914
sarangi
P01149
0974
2298
Mishra, Gopal 2
H
M
H
1950
tabla
P01148
0972
2297
Mishra, Ganesh Prasad
H
M
H
1934
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01144
0968
2296
Mishra, Bhawani Prasad
H
M
H
1922
sarangi
P01142
0966
2295
Mishra, Amarnath
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P01141
0965
2294
Mirashi, Madhuvanti
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P00417
0188
2293
Mirajakar, Babasaheb Ghudulal
H
M
H
1925
tabla
dholak
P00105
0963
2292
Merchant, Ajit
H
M
H
1922
khyal
P01139
0962
2291
Mekharanbhai G. Lila
O
F
H
1914
vocal
P01138
0961
2290
Mehta, R.C.
H
M
H
1918
khyal
others
P01137
0960
2289
Mehdi Hussain
H
M
M
1925
tabla
P01136
0959
2288
Megnani, K.G. (Minoo Mahara)
H
M
H
1907
others
P01135
0958
2287
Meera,Nathan
C
F
H
1948
vocal
P01134
0957
2286
Meenakshy, Viswanathan
C
M
H
1933
violin
P01133
0956
2285
Meenakshi, Ramanathan
C
M
H
1933
vina
P01131
0954
2284
Mazumdar, Ninu
H
M
H
1915
khyal
P01132
0955
2283
Mazumdar, Narayan Rao Gururao
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P00855
0667
2282
Mazmudar, Chandrakant Anandrai
H
M
H
1914
khyal
P01130
0953
2281
Mavlankar, S.R.
H
M
H
1915
sitar
P01129
0952
2280
Maujood Hussain Khan
H
M
M
1925
khyal
P01128
0951
2279
Maudgalya, Vipin Chandra
H
M
H
1919
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00923
0740
2278
Maudgalya, Vinaya Chandra
H
M
H
1917
khyal
P01096
0917
2277
Maudgalya, Padma Devi
H
F
H
1921
khyal
P01912
1776
2276
Mattu, Regeshwri
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P00755
0556
2275
Mattigatti, Panchakshariswami
H
M
H
khyal
P00723
0523
2274
Mathurai, P.K.
C
M
H
1925
nagasvaram
P00713
0512
2273
Mathur, Shakuntala
H
M
H
1931
khyal
others
P00634
0424
2272
Mathur, Kamlesh
H
M
H
1927
khyal
P00870
0682
2271
Mathieson, Rev, Theodore
O
M
O
1913
cello
P00639
0431
2270
Master Rattan
H
F
H
1914
khyal
P01126
0949
2269
Master Mohan
H
M
H
1923
khyal
P01125
0948
2268
Massey, Pyare
H
F
?
1933
others
P01123
0946
2267
Mariyappa, Satyappa Korawara Bhajantri
H
M
H
1911
khyal
P01085
0906
2266
Mijumdar, Krishna Rao Gopal Rao
H
M
H
1911
khyal
名前二人分?
P01122
0945
2265
Marimutha Pillai, G
C
M
H
1909
tavil
P01121
0944
2264
Mariappa, S.N.
C
M
H
1914
vocal
P01120
0943
2263
Mariappa, M.
C
M
H
1916
mursing
P01119
0942
2262
Mariandam, T.S.
C
M
H
1910
mridangam
P01118
0941
2261
Marathe, Ram
H
M
H
1924
khyal
others

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