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 - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P00001
0001
0001
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1927
sitar
P00001
0001
0001
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan
H
M
M
1927
sitar
bin
0002
0002
Abdul Khadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
0004
0002
Abdul Kadar
H
M
M
1927
sarangi
0003
0004
Abdul Karim Khan
H
M
M
1915
sitar
bin
P06123
0005
0006
Abdul Latif Khan
H
M
M
1934
sarangi
0004
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1872
tabla
0007
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
0008
0012
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0011
0012
Acharekar, Vasant Bayaji
H
M
H
1924
tabla
0009
0013
Adam Saheb, Shauk
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
0012
0013
Adam Saheb, Shaik
C
M
M
1920
nagasvaram
P00263
0012
0018
Afaque Husain Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00263
0015
0018
Afaque Husain Khan
H
M
M
1930
tabla
P00265
0017
0020
Agai Maseet Khan
H
M
M
1941
tabla
P00266
0014
0021
Agale, Ambadas Sakharam
H
M
H
1901
pakhavaj
P00266
0018
0021
Agale, Ambadas Sakharam
H
M
H
1901
pakhavaj
P00269
0020
0024
Agrawal, Vinay Kumar
H
M
H
1933
sitar
P00270
0016
0025
Ahmad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1938
sarod
P00270
0022
0025
Ahmadali Khan
H
M
M
1928
sarod

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