Mehrotra () is a
Khatri
Khatri () is a caste system in India, caste originating from the Malwa (Punjab), Malwa and Majha areas of Punjab region of South Asia that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Khatris claim they are war ...
surname.
Origin
It is an extended version of ''
Mehra
Mehra is a Khatri Hindu surname found in India, predominantly in the Punjab, Delhi and Jammu Regions. They generally come under the Dhai Ghar group of the Khatri Caste. Mehra surname are mainly Khatri in origin but many clans from other states al ...
'', derived from ''Mihir'', which means sun, or it may mean ''chief'' or ''master''.
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Malhotra'' is a modified form of ''Mehrotra''.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with caste include:
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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is an Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator.
Biography
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore in 1947. He has published six collections of poetry in English and two of translation ...
(born 1947), Indian poet
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Ashley Mehrotra
Ashley Mehrotra (born 29 November 1969) is an Indian-born, New Zealand cricket umpire. He has stood in matches in the Plunket Shield
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009 ...
(born 1969), New Zealand cricket umpire
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Harish-Chandra Mehrotra (1923-1983), Indian American mathematician
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Jaideep Mehrotra
Jaideep Mehrotra (born 1954) is an Indian contemporary artist based in Mumbai, India. He started his artistic career with a solo exhibition at the young age of 13 in 1967. Despite having no formal training in art, Mehrotra managed a parallel care ...
(born 1954), Indian artist
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Manish Mehrotra
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(born 1974), Indian chef
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Prakash Mehrotra (1925-1988), Indian politician
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Rahul Mehrotra
Rahul Mehrotra is Founder Principal of architecture firm RMA Architects (founded in 1990 as Rahul Mehrotra Associates) of Mumbai + Boston, and is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design a ...
, Indian architect and urban planner
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Rajiv Mehrotra
Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, television producer-director, documentary film maker, a personal student of the Dalai Lama for whom he manages as Trustee/Secretary The Foundation for Universal Responsibility established with the Nobel Peace ...
, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker
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Ram Charan Mehrotra (1922–2004), Indian chemist and academic
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Ravidas Mehrotra
Ravidas Mehrotra (born 21 April 1955) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh led by Akhilesh Yadav. He was member of Tenth and Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
The Sixteenth L ...
, Indian politician
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Sanjay Mehrotra
Sanjay Mehrotra is an Indian-American business executive and the CEO of Micron Technology. He was a co-founder of SanDisk, and its president and CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.
Early life and education
Mehro ...
, Indian-born American businessman
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Santosh Mehrotra (born 1955), Indian economist
*Shashi Mehrotra, victim of the
Zin Mar Nwe case
On 25 June 2018, at Singapore's Choa Chu Kang, 17-year-old Zin Mar Nwe, a foreign maid from Myanmar, used a knife to stab her employer's mother-in-law, who was alleged to have abused the maid. The 70-year-old elderly victim, an Indian national, s ...
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S. R. Mehrotra (1931–2019), Indian historian
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Tulika Mehrotra
Tulika Mehrotra is an American technology executive and author. Her novels ''Delhi Stopover'' and ''Crashing B-Town'', published by Penguin Books, were bestsellers in India.
Early life and education
Tulika Mehrotra is based in Chicago. She w ...
, American writer and journalist
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Vishal Mehrotra (1972–1981), murdered British Indian child
References
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Surnames of Indian origin
Punjabi-language surnames
Surnames of Hindu origin
Khatri surnames