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Mehrotra

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Mehrotrais aKhatrisurname.[1]

Origin

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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

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Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with caste include:

References

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  1. ^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
  2. ^Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002).Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames.B.R. p. 263.ISBN978-81-7646-247-1.
  3. ^Hanks, P.; Coates, eds. (2016).The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.Oxford University Press.
  4. ^Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod (2014). Rowman & Littlefield, p182,ISBN978-1-4422-3600-4
  5. ^Patrick Hanks (2003).Dictionary of American Family Names.Oxford University Press. p. 498.ISBN9780199771691.