  Databases of highly networked individuals have been indispensable in studying
narratives and influence on social media. To support studies on Twitter in
India, we present a systematically categorised database of accounts of
influence on Twitter in India, identified and annotated through an iterative
process of friends, networks, and self-described profile information, verified
manually. We built an initial set of accounts based on the friend network of a
seed set of accounts based on real-world renown in various fields, and then
snowballed "friends of friends" multiple times, and rank ordered individuals
based on the number of in-group connections, and overall followers. We then
manually classified identified accounts under the categories of entertainment,
sports, business, government, institutions, journalism, civil society accounts
that have independent standing outside of social media, as well as a category
of "digital first" referring to accounts that derive their primary influence
from online activity. Overall, we annotated 11580 unique accounts across all
categories. The database is useful studying various questions related to the
role of influencers in polarisation, misinformation, extreme speech, political
discourse etc.
