Mehrotra
Mehrotra is a Khatri surname.[1] It is an extended version of Mehra, derived from Mihir, which means sun,[2] or it may mean chief or master.[3]Malhotra is a modified form of Mehrotra.[4][5]
They are from the topmost hierarchal section, The Dhai Ghar (i.e House of 2.5)
Notable people
- Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947), Indian poet
- Ashley Mehrotra (born 1969), New Zealand cricket umpire
- Jaideep Mehrotra (born 1954), Indian artist
- Manish Mehrotra (born 1974), Indian chef
- Rahul Mehrotra, Indian architect and urban planner
- Rajiv Mehrotra, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker
- Ram Charan Mehrotra (1922–2004), Indian chemist and academic
- Sanjay Mehrotra, Indian-born American businessman
- Santosh Mehrotra (born 1955), Indian economist
- S. R. Mehrotra (1931–2019), Indian historian
- Tulika Mehrotra, American writer and journalist
- Vishal Mehrotra (1972–1981), murdered British Indian child
References
- Aditya Malik (2016). Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment: Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas. Oxford University Press. p 39 ISBN 978-0-19-932509-2
- Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.
- Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P, eds. (2016). Mehra. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.
- Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod (2014). Rowman & Littlefield, p182, ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4
- Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 498. ISBN 9780199771691.
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