Mehrotra
Mehrotra ({{ipa|hi|meːɦɾoːt̪raː|ipa}}) is a Khatri surname.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}}
Origin
It is an extended version of Mehra, derived from Mihir, which means sun,{{cite book |author1=Shibani Roy |author2=S. H. M. Rizvi |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgAdAAAAYAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=B.R. |isbn=978-81-7646-247-1 |page=263}} or it may mean chief or master.{{cite book |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |work= |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2016 |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=P. |editor2-last=Coates |editor2-first= |editor3-last= |editor3-first=}}
Malhotra is a modified form of Mehrotra.Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod (2014).
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Notable people
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 the Zin Mar Nwe case
- S. R. Mehrotra (1931–2019), Indian historian
- Tulika Mehrotra, American writer and journalist
- Vishal Mehrotra (1972–1981), murdered British Indian child