Mehrotra
Appearance
Origin
[edit]It may be an extended version ofMehra,derived fromMihir,which means sun,[2]or it may meanchieformaster.[3]
Malhotrais a modified form ofMehrotra.[4][5]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with caste include:
- Arvind Krishna Mehrotra(born 1947), Indian poet
- Ashley Mehrotra(born 1969), New Zealand cricket umpire
- Harish-Chandra Mehrotra(1923-1983), Indian American mathematician
- Jaideep Mehrotra(born 1954), Indian artist
- Manish Mehrotra(born 1974), Indian chef
- Prakash Mehrotra(1925-1988), Indian politician
- Rahul Mehrotra,Indian architect and urban planner
- Rajiv Mehrotra,Indian writer and documentary filmmaker
- Ram Charan Mehrotra(1922–2004), Indian chemist and academic
- Ravidas Mehrotra,Indian politician
- Sanjay Mehrotra,Indian-born American businessman
- Santosh Mehrotra(born 1955), Indian economist
- Shashi Mehrotra, victim of theZin Mar Nwe case
- S. R. Mehrotra(1931–2019), Indian historian
- Tulika Mehrotra,American writer and journalist
- Vishal Mehrotra(1972–1981), murdered British Indian child
References
[edit]- ^Aditya Malik (2016). Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment: Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas. Oxford University Press. p 39ISBN978-0-19-932509-2
- ^Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002).Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames.B.R. p. 263.ISBN978-81-7646-247-1.
- ^Hanks, P.; Coates, eds. (2016).The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.Oxford University Press.
- ^Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod (2014). Rowman & Littlefield, p182,ISBN978-1-4422-3600-4
- ^Patrick Hanks (2003).Dictionary of American Family Names.Oxford University Press. p. 498.ISBN9780199771691.