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'''Mathur''' is a subcaste of the Kayastha community in Northern India,<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Caste, Community, and Caste(s) Association |first=Lucy |last=Carroll |title=Contributions to Asian Studies: 1977 |editor-first=Karigoudar |editor-last=Ishwaran |publisher=BRILL |year=1977 |isbn=978-9-00404-926-0 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRMVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA19}}</ref> with their origins possibly in Mathura.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Extracting Social History from Medieval Documents of India |first=Ishrat |last=Alam |title=The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray |editor1-first=Ishrat |editor1-last=Alam |editor2-first=Syed Ejaz |editor2-last=Hussain |publisher=Primus Books |year=2011 |isbn=978-9-38060-716-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qSbjBTDC-UC&pg=PA61 |page=61}}</ref>
== Mathur in South India == Sizeable Mathur community is also found in South India, mostly in Hyderabad.<ref name=Sarma>{{cite book|author=M. Radhakrishna Sarma|title=History of Hyderabad District, 1879-1950 A.D., Yugabda 4981-5052, Volume 2|year=1987|page=28|publisher=Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Samiti|location=Hyderabad|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Leonard>{{cite book|author=Karen Isaksen Leonard|title=The Kayasths of Hyderabad City: Their Internal History, and Their Role in Politics and Society from 1850 to 1900|year=1979|page=83|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison.|location=Hyderabad|language=en}}</ref> They mostly migrated from North India to find placement in administration under Medieval Indian rulers.<ref name=KILeonard>{{cite book|author=Karen Isaksen Leonard|title=Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad|year=1994|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|language=en}}</ref>
== 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 == {{reflist}}
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Category:Kayastha Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Toponymic surnames Category:People from Mathura