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
2658
Ramswamy, V.
P01879
1741
C
M
H
1931
vina
2675
Ranganath, V.V.
P01881
1743
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
kanjira
2685
Rangaswamy, M.R.
P01886
1748
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
dholak
kanjira
2688
Raool, Gajanan Shanlar
P01887
1749
H
M
H
1931
tabla
2157
Rishnan, Namagiripettai K.
P01892
1755
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
2714
Roy, Raja
P01895
1758
H
M
H
1911
sitar
2719
Rukmini, T.
P00098
1761
C
F
H
1937
violin
2733
Sakuntala Srinivasan
P01899
1763
C
M
H
vina
2741
Sankaran, Trichy S.
P01901
1765
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
2774
Satyavati Ammula
P01903
1767
C
F
H
1942
violin
2811
Seshagiri Das, Bosale
P01909
1773
C
M
H
1926
kanjira
2829
Shaik Hassain Saheb. Kanaparthi
P01910
1774
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
2831
Shakunthala, Srinivasan
P01911
1775
C
M
H
1930
vina
2836
Shankaranarayana Sastry, Mathodu
P01914
1778
C
M
H
1910
vina
2847
Sharma, N.V.
P01916
1780
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
2862
Shivaramaiah, T.H.
P01917
1781
C
M
H
1929
vina
2881
Sivakumar,Iswaran
P01918
1782
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
2886
Sivaprakasam, Thanjavur S.M.
P01919
1783
C
M
H
1930
mridangam
kanjira
2916
Srikanta Iyer, V.
P01923
1787
C
M
H
1920
others
1429
Srinivasa Iyengarm K
P01925
1789
C
M
H
1919
vina
2925
Srinivasan, Madurai T.
P01926
1790
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
2942
Subba Rao Putcha
P01931
1795
C
M
H
1907
mridangam
2934
Subba Rao, A.K.
P01932
1796
C
M
H
1895
flute
2941
Subbarao, Peri
P01933
1797
C
M
H
1919
violin
2959
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
P01936
1801
C
F
H
1928
vina
1165
Sundaresa Bhattar, Seither K.
P01937
1802
C
M
H
1893
violin
2969
Suseela, Desikan
P01938
1803
C
M
H
1933
violin
2978
Tare, Trimbakrao Raghunath
P01939
1804
H
M
H
1918
violin
1198
Thiruvengatathiah, K.
P01944
1809
C
M
H
1891
mridangam
1199
Thokchom Angouba Singh
P01945
1810
H
M
H
1892
tabla
pakhavaj
2601
Rajeswari, Menon
P01947
1812
C
M
H
1925
vina
3016
Upadhyaya, Parvati
P01949
1814
H
F
H
1940
sitar
3025
Vaidianathan, V.A.
P01951
1816
C
M
H
1944
nagasvaram
3028
Vaidyanathan, L.
P01952
1818
C
M
H
1942
violin
3037
Varahaswamy, Mysore Varadachar
P01954
1820
C
M
H
1921
gottuvadyam
3047
Vasantha Saravanan
P01958
1824
C
M
H
1925
vina
1238
Vasantha, Gopalam
P01959
1825
C
F
H
1926
violin
3057
Vedavalli, Ramaswamy
P01963
1829
C
F
H
1925
violin
3062
Veerabhadriah, Mamulpet Lingappa
P01965
1831
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
3067
Velukutty Nair, Mavelikara K.
P01967
1833
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
3068
Venkaiah, Alluru
P01968
1834
C
M
H
1931
nagasvaram
3072
Venkatachalam C.A.
P01971
1838
C
M
H
1926
vina
3083
Venkataramaiah, B.G.
P01974
1842
C
M
H
1945
violin
3104
Venkitachalam, K.
P01986
1854
C
M
H
1938
violin
3110
Verma R.D.
P01987
1855
H
M
H
1936
sitar
3109
Verma, Govindram
P01988
1856
H
M
H
1914
pakhavaj
tabla
3120
Vilayam, Ramaswamy
P01992
1860
C
M
H
1936
violin
3127
Viswanath, B.
P01995
1863
C
M
H
1920
violin
3130
Viswanatha Sarma B.K.
P01996
1865
C
M
H
1913
violin
1302
Vithal Iyer
P01997
1866
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
3140
Vyas, Ratnakar Shankarrao
P01999
1868
H
M
H
1930
sarod
3144
Wadegaonkar,Gopal
P02001
1870
H
M
H
1942
tabla
1692
Chaurasia Hari Prasad
P00038
0306
H
M
H
1938
flute
0313
Goswami, Jash Karan
P00736
0537
H
M
H
1935
sitar
1346
Chaubey, Lachman Prasad
0005
H
M
H
1910
dhrupad
khyal
1687
Chaubey, Lakxhman Prasad
0005
H
M
H
1909
dhrupad
Others
0005
Abhisheki, Jitendra
P05975
0009
H
M
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
0006
Adid Husain Khan
0010
H
M
M
1920
dhrupad
khyal
sitar
1614
Bhattacharya, Dhirendra Nath
0015
H
M
H
1891
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1481
Ali Akbar Khan
P05930
0038
H
M
M
1922
dhrupad
khyal
sarod
pakhavaj
tabla
0062
Ata Hussain Khan(Ratan)
P00335
0100
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
1530
Ata Hussein Khan(Ratan)
P00335
0100
H
M
M
1903
dhrupad
khyal
1545
Bahadar Khan
P00352
0119
H
M
M
1931
dhrupad
khyal
Others
sarod
0093
Banerjee, Surendra Nath
P00384
0153
H
M
M
1886
dhrupad
Others
0121
Bhattacharji, Amar Nath
P00387
0156
H
M
H
1884
dhrupad
Others
1615
Bhattacharya, Gouri
P00432
0203
H
F
H
1936
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1628
Bhimshankar Rao
P06203
0216
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
khyal
Others
0148
Brahaspati, Kalias Chandra Deva
P00482
0256
H
M
H
1918
dhrupad
1684
Chaturvedi, Balji
P00522
0298
H
M
H
1919
dhrupad
Others
1685
Chatuvedi, Laxman Prasad
P00523
0299
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
0182
Dabir Khan, Mohammad(Dayal Singh)
P06042
0341
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
0183
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
1725
Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin
P06047
0342
H
M
M
1924
dhrupad
1356
Dagar, Rahim Fahimuddin Khan
P00078
0343
H
M
M
1927
dhrupad
0184
Dagar, Rahimuddin Khan
P00079
0344
H
M
M
1901
dhrupad
1743
Das, Minakshi
P00580
0364
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
0209
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
1758
Dave, Ramanlal Mohanlal
P00595
0381
H
M
H
1914
dhrupad
1763
Dayal Singh
P00598
0385
H
M
M
1907
dhrupad
bin
0235
Dhulekar, Sharadabai Pyarebhai
P00623
0413
H
M
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1789
Dhulekar, Sharadabai
P00623
0413
H
F
H
1933
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1828
Ganguli, Anjali
P00664
0456
H
F
H
1930
dhrupad
khyal
Others
0269
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
1839
Ghan Shyam Das
P00675
0469
H
M
H
1900
dhrupad
khyal
1842
Ghosal, Malati
P00678
0472
H
M
H
1902
dhrupad
1843
Ghosal, Satyen (Kafi)
P00679
0473
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
khyal
0285
Ghulam Qadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1916
dhrupad
khyal
1862
Ghulam Quadir Khan
P00696
0492
H
M
M
1917
dhrupad
khyal
0286
Ginde, Krishna
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
1865
Ginde, Krishna G.
P00042
0496
H
M
H
1925
dhrupad
khyal
1872
Gokhale, Mukund Govind
P00705
0504
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
1855
Gosh-Dastidar Nitya Priya
P00731
0531
H
M
H
1920
dhrupad
khyal
1904
Goswami Utpala
P00732
0532
H
M
H
1943
dhrupad
khyal
0343
Hafiz Ali Khan
P05786
0579
H
M
M
1880
dhrupad
sarod
1938
Hammed Hussein Khan
P00779
0582
H
M
M
1930
dhrupad
khyal
Others
1977
Kaikini, Dinkar
P00024
0707
H
M
H
1927
dhrupad
khyal
0452
Kar, Shyam Sunder Singhari
P00930
0747
H
M
H
1908
dhrupad
Others
2089
Kaushik, Swami Ganesh Lal
P00943
0760
H
M
H
1911
dhrupad
Others
0482
Kochak ,U.S.
P00970
0789
H
M
H
1912
dhrupad
2115
Kochak, U.S.
P00970
0789
H
M
H
1912
dhrupad

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