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'''Mathur''' is a [[subcaste]] of the [[Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha|Kayastha]] and [[Jat people|Jat]] 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><br />
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This surname is also found amongst the [[Kshatriya|Kshtriya]] [[Jat people|Jat]] community.<br />
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== Mathur in South India ==<br />
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 India]]n 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><br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
* [[Anurag Mathur]], Indian author and journalist <br />
* [[Arjun Mathur]] (born 1981), British-Indian actor<br />
* [[Ashok Kumar Mathur]] (born 1943), the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India<br />
* [[Deepak Mathur]] (born 1952), Indian molecular and atomic physicist and professor <br />
* [[Govind Mathur]] (born 1959), Indian Judge<br />
* [[M. V. Mathur]] or Mukut Vehari Mathur (born 2004), Indian economist and scholar<br />
* [[Madhur Jaffrey]] (born 1933), Indian actress, food and travel writer, and television personality<br />
* [[Mathura Das Mathur]] (1918–1993), Indian politician from Rajasthan<br />
* [[Mini Mathur]] (born 1975), Indian television host, actor and model<br />
* [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh Chand Mathur]] (1923–1976), better known mononymously as [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], Indian playback singer <br />
* [[Neil Nitin Mukesh]] Mathur (born 1982), Indian actor, born to singer Nitin Mukesh, and the grandson of singer Mukesh<br />
* [[Nitin Mukesh]] Mathur, Indian playback singer <br />
* [[Om Prakash Mathur]] (born 1952), Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India<br />
* [[Pradeep Mathur]] (born 1955), Indian politician and former 4 time MLA from the Mathura constituency of Uttar Pradesh<br />
* [[Pradeep Mathur (scientist)]] (born 1955), Indian organometallic and cluster chemist and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore<br />
* [[Prem Mathur]] Indian pilot, first Indian woman commercial pilot <br />
* [[Raghav Mathur]] (born 1981), known professionally as [[Raghav]], is a Canadian singer-songwriter<br />
* [[R. K. Mathur]] or Radha Krishna Mathur (born 1953), Indian IAS officer<br />
* [[Raj Mathur]], founding member of the Indian Linux Users Group, Delhi<br />
* [[Rajiv Dayal Mathur]], Indian Air Marshal, officer in the Indian Air Force<br />
* [[Sharan Rani Backliwal]] née Mathur (1929–2008), Indian classical sarod player and music scholar<br />
* [[Sheila Dhar]] (1929–2001), Indian author and singer of Kirana gharana<br />
* [[Shiv Charan Mathur]] (1927–2009), Indian politician and minister<br />
* [[Somesh Mathur]], Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and music producer<br />
* [[Surat Mathur]] (1930–2021), Indian long-distance runner<br />
* [[Sushma Seth]] Mathur (born 1936), Indian stage, film and television actress<br />
* [[Vartika Mathur]] (1979), Professor in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Kayastha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Mathura]]<br />
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