Mathur (name)

For other uses, see Mathur (disambiguation).

Mathur is a subcaste of the Kayastha community in Northern India,[1] with their origins possibly in Mathura.[2]

Mathur in South India

Sizeable Mathur community is also found in South India, mostly in Hyderabad.[3][4] They mostly migrated from North India to find placement in administration under Medieval Indian rulers.[5]

Notable people

  • Anurag Mathur, Indian author and journalist
  • Arjun Mathur (born 1981), British-Indian actor
  • Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 1943), the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India
  • Deepak Mathur (born 1952), Indian molecular and atomic physicist and professor
  • Govind Mathur (born 1959), Indian Judge
  • M. V. Mathur or Mukut Vehari Mathur (1915-2004), Indian economist and scholar
  • Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933), Indian actress, food and travel writer, and television personality
  • Mathura Das Mathur (1918–1993), Indian politician from Rajasthan
  • Mini Mathur (born 1975), Indian television host, actor and model
  • Mukesh Chand Mathur (1923–1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, Indian playback singer
  • Neil Nitin Mukesh Mathur (born 1982), Indian actor, born to singer Nitin Mukesh, and the grandson of singer Mukesh
  • Nitin Mukesh Mathur, Indian playback singer
  • Om Prakash Mathur (born 1952), Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India
  • Pradeep Mathur (born 1955), Indian politician and former 4 time MLA from the Mathura constituency of Uttar Pradesh
  • Pradeep Mathur (scientist) (born 1955), Indian organometallic and cluster chemist and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
  • Prem Mathur Indian pilot, first Indian woman commercial pilot
  • Raghav Mathur (born 1981), known professionally as Raghav, is a Canadian singer-songwriter
  • R. K. Mathur or Radha Krishna Mathur (born 1953), Indian IAS officer
  • Rajiv Dayal Mathur, Indian Air Marshal, officer in the Indian Air Force
  • Sanjay Mathur (born 1968), German professor, inorganic chemist and past president of the American Ceramic Society
  • Sharan Rani Backliwal née Mathur (1929–2008), Indian classical sarod player and music scholar
  • Sheila Dhar (1929–2001), Indian author and singer of Kirana gharana
  • Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009), Indian politician and minister
  • Somesh Mathur, Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and music producer
  • Surat Mathur (1930–2021), Indian long-distance runner
  • Sushma Seth Mathur (born 1936), Indian stage, film and television actress
  • Vartika Mathur (1979), Professor in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

References

  1. ^ Carroll, Lucy (1977). "Caste, Community, and Caste(s) Association". In Ishwaran, Karigoudar (ed.). Contributions to Asian Studies: 1977. BRILL. p. 19. ISBN 978-9-00404-926-0.
  2. ^ Alam, Ishrat (2011). "Extracting Social History from Medieval Documents of India". In Alam, Ishrat; Hussain, Syed Ejaz (eds.). The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray. Primus Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-9-38060-716-0.
  3. ^ M. Radhakrishna Sarma (1987). History of Hyderabad District, 1879-1950 A.D., Yugabda 4981-5052, Volume 2. Hyderabad: Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Samiti. p. 28.
  4. ^ Karen Isaksen Leonard (1979). The Kayasths of Hyderabad City: Their Internal History, and Their Role in Politics and Society from 1850 to 1900. Hyderabad: University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 83.
  5. ^ Karen Isaksen Leonard (1994). Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad. Hyderabad: Orient Longman.