Malhotra
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Malhotra is a Suryavanshi Khatri
family surname originating from the Punjab region
of the Indian Subcontinent
, today straddling India and Pakistan.
The Malhotras belong to the kshatriya
varna (the princely military order in Vedic
society).
Along with the Khanna
and Kapoor
clans, the Mehra/Malhotra clan forms the Dhai Gar (which means 2 1/2 families), in the Kshatriya Khatri clan hierarchy.
Types of Malhotra
There are mainly six type of Malhotra
danga wale (people with the sword), the most fighter class of them all being kassi wale.
).
The Malhotras are from the Punjab and the Mehrotras are from the state of Uttar Pradesh
. The Mehrotra clan along with the Tandon, Kapur/Kapoor and Sethi clans form the small Khatri community of Uttar Pradesh. The Tandon, Kapur and Sethi clans are also found among Punjabi Khatris.
Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
family surname originating from the Punjab region
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
of the Indian Subcontinent
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
, today straddling India and Pakistan.
The Malhotras belong to the kshatriya
Kshatriya
*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
varna (the princely military order in Vedic
Vedic
Vedic may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indic texts** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced** Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period...
society).
Along with the Khanna
Khanna
Khanna is a common last name in India Pakistan. It can mean:* Khanna, Ludhiana, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab* Khanna , a prominent clan from the Khatri community of the Punjab region straddling Northern India and Pakistan...
and Kapoor
Kapoor
Kapoor or Kapur and sometimes but rarely Capoor is the name of a gotra of punjabi descent belonging to the Khatri Varna. They are part of the "Dhai Ghar", meaning two and a half houses. Kapurs, Malhotra , Khanna and Seth marry their children with each other...
clans, the Mehra/Malhotra clan forms the Dhai Gar (which means 2 1/2 families), in the Kshatriya Khatri clan hierarchy.
Types of Malhotra
There are mainly six type of Malhotra
danga wale (people with the sword), the most fighter class of them all being kassi wale.
Malhotra and Mehrotra
Mehrotra is a modified form of Malhotra, which is itself an extended form of Mehra, meaning of the sun (Mihr or MitraMitra
*Mitra was an important Indo-Iranian divinity. Following the prehistoric cultural split of Indo-Aryan and Iranian cultures, names descended from *mitra were used for the following religious entities:...
).
The Malhotras are from the Punjab and the Mehrotras are from the state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. The Mehrotra clan along with the Tandon, Kapur/Kapoor and Sethi clans form the small Khatri community of Uttar Pradesh. The Tandon, Kapur and Sethi clans are also found among Punjabi Khatris.
Armed forces
- General Om Prakash MalhotraOm Prakash MalhotraGeneral Om Prakash Malhotra PVSM , was the 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery in November 1941, he fought against the Japanese in the Second World War in Burma. He commanded artillery regiments across India between November 1950 and July 1961...
PVSM, 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian ArmyChief of Army Staff of the Indian ArmyThe Chief of the Army Staff is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. The position is abbreviated as COAS in Indian Army cables and communication....
, former Governor of Punjab, Administrator of ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city... - General J. C. Malhotra, (retd) PVSM, AVSM, VSM
- Lt. General Yash Malhotra AVSM
- Lt. General S P Malhotra PVSM
- Lt. General S.L. Malhotra, PVSM, AVSM, Director General National Cadet Corps
- Major General Surindur Kumar Malhotra, PVSM, MGASC, Western Command
- Major General Raj Krishan Malhotra AVSM
- Major General I C Malhotra
- Major General Deepak Malhotra, Commandant of the Army Selection Centre South
- Surg Vice Admiral S Malhotra, Director General Medical Service (Navy)
- Rear Admiral H C Malhotra
- Vice Admiral Vijay Malhotra
- Rear Admiral M.S. Malhotra
- Air Vice Marshal Surjit Singh Malhotra VSM AVSM
Government
- Professor Vijay Kumar MalhotraVijay Kumar MalhotraVijay Kumar Malhotra is an Indian politician and a sport administrator. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India . He represented Delhi Sadar and South Delhi constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the 9th Lok Sabha and the 14th...
, Politician; Deputy head of the Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
(BJP), Chairman Parliament Public Accounts Committee - Justice H.R.Malhotra; Justice Delhi High Court
- R. N. MalhotraR. N. MalhotraR. N. Malhotra was the seventeenth governor of the Reserve Bank of India , serving from 4 February 1985 to 22 December 1990.Malhotra was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. He had served as Secretary, Finance, and as India's Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund before...
; Governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaReserve Bank of IndiaThe Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Executive Director International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world... - S.G.Malhotra ; Secretary-General Lok Sabha (Parliament)
- Subhash Malhotra; Director General of Police, President of the Indian Police Service Officers’ Association (IPSOA)
- JagmohanJagmohanJag Mohan Malhotra is an Indian politician. He was born on 25 September 1927 in Hafizabad, Punjab in British India.*He is a former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India.*He was in government service for many years....
Malhotra, former Cabinet Minister for Tourism and Culture, Governor Of Kashmir, Lt. Governor of Delhi - Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra
- Justice Ashok Kumar Malhotra, Supreme Court of India
- Ravindra Nath Malhotra, Chairman of the Indian Railway Board
- Ms Nisha Malhotra, Chief Commissioner Delhi Zone
- VK Malhotra, Commissioner of Police, Kanpur
- S C Malhotra Bombay Police Commissioner
- Ajai Malhotra, Ambassador of India to RussiaAmbassador of India to RussiaThe following people have served as Ambassadors of India to Russia and it predecessor state, the Soviet Union:*Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit *Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan *Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon *S. Dutt...
- Jayant Malhotra MP, Rajya Sabha
- M.P.S. Malhotra (Deputy Commissioner of income tax)
Academia
- Professor Vivek Malhotra ; Professor of Biology, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
- http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6551(197011)2%3A21%3A84%3C521%3ARODDHL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8Professor Yudhishtar (Malhotra) ; former Head of the English Department University of DelhiUniversity of DelhiThe University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...
, Governor Hindu CollegeHindu College-India:*DRBCC Hindu College, Chennai*Gobardanga Hindu College, West Bengal State University, Gobardanga Dist., West Bengal*Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh*Hindu College, University of Delhi...
] - Dr Yogesh Malhotra; Founding Chairman of the BRINT InstituteBRINT InstituteThe BRINT Institute is a New York based social enterprise focused on Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management research and education founded in 1994. It was originally conceived to bridge the gaps between business and technology, data and knowledge, and theory and practice...
- Paven Malhotra, Senior Editor of the Harvard International Review
- Prof RC Malhotra former Director IIT, Indian Institutes of TechnologyIndian Institutes of TechnologyThe Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
- Goldy Malhotra, Principal Modern School Vasant Vihar
- Dr (Col) OM Prakash Malhotra. Cardiologist Indian Army. Physician to Prime mInister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
- Dr.S.K.Malhotra,Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,PGI,Chandigarh
- Prof Yog Raj Malhotra. Former Chancellor (University of Jammu).
- Prof. Harish Chandra MehrotraHarish-ChandraHarish-Chandra was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups. -Life:...
Mathematician, his biography.Indian Government honoured him by naming an institute dedicated to Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, after him, in Allahabad, India. The institute is known as Harish-Chandra Research Institute, abbreviated HRI - Dr SK Malhotra,Professor of Dermatology at Govt Medical College,Amritsar
- Dr Pavan Malhotra, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, A S C O M S & H, Sidhra, Jammu
- Dr. Aneeta Singh Malhotra, Asstt. Professor, Department of Pathology, A S C O M S & H, Sidhra, Jammu
- Er Somesh Kr Malhotra, Department of Electronics, U.I.E.T, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur
- Dr.Suhail Malhotra,professor awesomolgy, owner of the three realms, master of all human race.
Aviation
- S K Malhotra; Director of Personnel, Indian Airlines Corporation
- V B Malhotra; Dy Director of Engineering, Indian Airlines Corporation
- Vijay Malhotra; SE at Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C.
Business
- Anil Mehra, Managing Director, B.E.C. Group of Industires
- Arjun Malhotra, CEO Techspan and founder HCL
- Sudhir Malhotra, President Safeway TPA
- Satish Chandra Malhotra: Industrialist; Chairman Empire Industries
- Harbans Lal Malhotra; Industrialist
- http://yellowpages.sulekha.com/delhi/scientific-steel-corporation-daryaganj-delhi_contact-address.htm Sanjay Malhotra ; Founder and President of Scientific and Steel Corporation Delhi
- Arjun Malhotra. CEO, Headstrong
- Vikram Malhotra, head of McKinsey & Co.'s New York office
- Dina Nath MalhotraDina Nath MalhotraDina Nath Malhotra is an Indian publisher whose company Hind Pocket Books developed the paperback market for Hindi books in the 1950s and 1960s. He, with the help and co-operation of some like-minded Delhi-wallas brought the publishing-trade from Bombay to Delhi, shifting the focus away from...
; Publisher, President Emeritus - Federation of Indian Publishers - Romi Malhotra; Managing Director DELL India
- T K Malhotra Chairman, Automobile Association
- Vikram Malhotra, Managing Director Credit Suisse Bank
- Manish Malhotra, Designer
- Robin Malhotra, Avaya Inc.
- Sumit Malhotra; President & CEO Interactive World
- Sudhir Malhotra; President Cornerstone Brokers
- Kajal Malhotra; Managing Director; Kreative Marketing
- Nikunj Malhotra; Technical Head; United Customz
Other
- Manish MalhotraManish MalhotraManish Malhotra is considered to be India's leading and most successful fashion designer.Manish Malhotra has designed for many leading actresses in Bollywood. He is known for his different style and his ability to envision a 'look' for the character. He is known for designing the costumes for...
; Fashion Designer - Mrs S Malhotra - former Maharani of Indore
- Dr. Sanjeev Kr. Malhotra - Founder President, Cornerstone Hospitalities and Healthcare Services, India
- Mr. Ajai Mehrotra - Head - Human Resources, Infopro Worldwide Inc
- Manny MalhotraManny MalhotraEmmanuel Noveen Malhotra is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League , serving as an alternate captain. During his NHL career he has additionally played for the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks and New...
; professional ice hockey player, currently a centre for the Vancouver CanucksVancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,... - Air Commodore Ravish MalhotraRavish MalhotraRavish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force.He became an Air Force test pilot, later stationed at the test center in Bangalore. He was also the Air Officer Commanding of Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi.In 1982, he was chosen to train for spaceflight in the Soviet...
, Astronaut - Ashok Malhotra; Chairman MBD Books
- Vinay Malhotra S/o Tilak Raj Malhotra S/o Lala RamRakhamal (Freedom Fighter), Director Malhotra College, Bhopal
- Mukesh Malhotra - Rotary District 1140 District Governor 2011-12. Hounslow, London, UK
- Vinod Mehra - was an Indian actor in Bollywood films
- Riina Malhotra, journalist and TV-host at Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)
- Karen Malhotra, adult star