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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mathur_(name) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mathur_(name).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathur_(name) > Source revision: 1318529359 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Surname list}} {{other uses|Mathur (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}} '''Mathur''' is a [subcaste](/source/subcaste) of the [Kayastha](/source/Chitraguptavanshi_Kayastha) community in [Northern India](/source/Northern_India),{{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}} with their origins possibly in [Mathura](/source/Mathura).{{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}} == Mathur in South India == Sizeable Mathur community is also found in [South India](/source/South_India), mostly in [Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad).{{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}}{{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}} They mostly migrated from North India to find placement in administration under [Medieval India](/source/Medieval_India)n rulers.{{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}} == Notable people == * [Anurag Mathur](/source/Anurag_Mathur), Indian author and journalist * [Arjun Mathur](/source/Arjun_Mathur) (born 1981), British-Indian actor * [Ashok Kumar Mathur](/source/Ashok_Kumar_Mathur) (born 1943), the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India * [Deepak Mathur](/source/Deepak_Mathur) (born 1952), Indian molecular and atomic physicist and professor * [Govind Mathur](/source/Govind_Mathur) (born 1959), Indian Judge * [M. V. Mathur](/source/M._V._Mathur) or Mukut Vehari Mathur (1915-2004), Indian economist and scholar * [Madhur Jaffrey](/source/Madhur_Jaffrey) (born 1933), Indian actress, food and travel writer, and television personality * [Mathura Das Mathur](/source/Mathura_Das_Mathur) (1918–1993), Indian politician from Rajasthan * [Mini Mathur](/source/Mini_Mathur) (born 1975), Indian television host, actor and model * [Mukesh Chand Mathur](/source/Mukesh_(singer)) (1923–1976), better known mononymously as [Mukesh](/source/Mukesh_(singer)), Indian playback singer * [Neil Nitin Mukesh](/source/Neil_Nitin_Mukesh) Mathur (born 1982), Indian actor, born to singer Nitin Mukesh, and the grandson of singer Mukesh * [Nitin Mukesh](/source/Nitin_Mukesh) Mathur, Indian playback singer * [Om Prakash Mathur](/source/Om_Prakash_Mathur) (born 1952), Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India * [Pradeep Mathur](/source/Pradeep_Mathur) (born 1955), Indian politician and former 4 time MLA from the Mathura constituency of Uttar Pradesh * [Pradeep Mathur (scientist)](/source/Pradeep_Mathur_(scientist)) (born 1955), Indian organometallic and cluster chemist and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore * [Prem Mathur](/source/Prem_Mathur) Indian pilot, first Indian woman commercial pilot * [Raghav Mathur](/source/Raghav_Mathur) (born 1981), known professionally as [Raghav](/source/Raghav), is a Canadian singer-songwriter * [R. K. Mathur](/source/R._K._Mathur) or Radha Krishna Mathur (born 1953), Indian IAS officer * [Rajiv Dayal Mathur](/source/Rajiv_Dayal_Mathur), Indian Air Marshal, officer in the Indian Air Force * [Sanjay Mathur](/source/Sanjay_Mathur) (born 1968), German professor, inorganic chemist and past president of the [American Ceramic Society](/source/American_Ceramic_Society) * [Sharan Rani Backliwal](/source/Sharan_Rani_Backliwal) née Mathur (1929–2008), Indian classical sarod player and music scholar * [Sheila Dhar](/source/Sheila_Dhar) (1929–2001), Indian author and singer of Kirana gharana * [Shiv Charan Mathur](/source/Shiv_Charan_Mathur) (1927–2009), Indian politician and minister * [Somesh Mathur](/source/Somesh_Mathur), Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and music producer * [Surat Mathur](/source/Surat_Mathur) (1930–2021), Indian long-distance runner * [Sushma Seth](/source/Sushma_Seth) Mathur (born 1936), Indian stage, film and television actress * [Vartika Mathur](/source/Vartika_Mathur) (1979), Professor in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathur (Subcaste)}} Category:Kayastha Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Toponymic surnames Category:People from Mathura --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mathur (name)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathur_(name)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathur_(name)?action=history)). 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