सरंक्षक मंडल
श्री सत्यनरायन अग्रवाल
श्री कालीचरण अग्रवाल
श्री मदन गोपाल गर्ग
श्री श्रीकिशन अग्रवाल
श्री महेश अग्रवाल
श्री .ओ .पी गोविल
श्री प्रेमचंद अग्रवाल
श्री श्याम अग्रवाल
श्री के एम अग्रवाल
कार्यकारणी समिति (FOR PERIOD TO )
अध्यक्ष : श्री रामरतन गोयल
कार्याध्यक्ष : श्री सुरेन्द्र अग्रवाल
सचिव : श्री अनिल कुमार गर्ग
कोषाध्यक्ष : श्री जितेन्द्रकुमार गुप्ता
सहसचिव : श्री कृष्णकुमार डिडवानिया
अ ,लेखापाल : श्री प्रवीण अग्रवाल
प्रचार प्रमुख : श्री नितीन अग्रवाल
उपाध्यक्ष : श्री रामगोपाल युलस्यान
श्री दिनेश केडिया
श्री तुल्सीराम बसल
श्रीराजीव गुप्ता
उप सचिव : श्री आर एन शह
श्री महेश टिबडेवाल
श्री धर्मेन्द्र अग्रवाल
श्री रजनीश अग्रवाल
कार्यकारिणी सदस्य
श्रीअशोक गुप्ता,श्री बाल्किशन अग्रवाल, श्री नन्द कुमार अग्रवाल,श्री मनोज अग्रवाल ,श्री आत्माराम डिड्वानिया ,डा;एन के अग्रवाल
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Agarwals of the World
Friday, 13.09.2002, 07:56pm (GMT5.5)
We have observed that members of the Agarwal Community have interest in their history, ideology, social customs and practices. Almost all the cities and districts in India have Agarwal Associations which are engaged in various social services. Agrasen Jayanti is celebrated every year. There is however lack of any worthwhile literature on the community.
Agarwals are Vaish as per broad division of Hindu Society. They are pretty large and enterprising community. Vaish is a very wide and comprehensive term covering several business communities such as Agarwal, Khandelwal, Maheshwari, Rastogi, Oswal, Jaiswal, Porwal, Mahajan, Gupta etc. Agarwals are the largest among all of them.
The correct word for Agrawals is 'Agrawal' but is written in many ways such as Agarwal,Aggarwal, Agarwala etc.Meaning of the word 'Agr' is `in the forefront'. It is also believed that Agarwals came to be known as such as all along they have been front-ranking people.
Agarwals are the sons of great Maharaja Agrasen Maharaj who ruled over Agroha some 5000 years ago. It is believed that Agroha was having a population of one lakh people. And all of them were having one house of their own and atleast one lakh rupees in store. Maharaja Agrasen never liked his people to be poor. He had a great scheme so that no one in his kingdom could remain poor. Whenever someone from outside joined his kingdom all the native people will give him one rupee and provide him with one brick. This way he will construct his house and also become a lakhpati. Such novel scheme was the root cause of the fact that no agarwal was a poor person in his kingdom.
If we take into account number of agarwals in the Maharaja's kingdom which was one lakh and estimate the pesent day number of agarwals in the world keeping into account the mortality rate at various times, the number comes to sixteen crores. WHERE ARE THESE SIXTEEN CRORE OF AGARWALS ?
Family deity of Agarwals is Mahalakshmi, the goddes of wealth.
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Agarwals of the World
Friday, 13.09.2002, 07:56pm (GMT5.5)
We have observed that members of the Agarwal Community have interest in their history, ideology, social customs and practices. Almost all the cities and districts in India have Agarwal Associations which are engaged in various social services. Agrasen Jayanti is celebrated every year. There is however lack of any worthwhile literature on the community.
Agarwals are Vaish as per broad division of Hindu Society. They are pretty large and enterprising community. Vaish is a very wide and comprehensive term covering several business communities such as Agarwal, Khandelwal, Maheshwari, Rastogi, Oswal, Jaiswal, Porwal, Mahajan, Gupta etc. Agarwals are the largest among all of them.
The correct word for Agrawals is 'Agrawal' but is written in many ways such as Agarwal,Aggarwal, Agarwala etc.Meaning of the word 'Agr' is `in the forefront'. It is also believed that Agarwals came to be known as such as all along they have been front-ranking people.
Agarwals are the sons of great Maharaja Agrasen Maharaj who ruled over Agroha some 5000 years ago. It is believed that Agroha was having a population of one lakh people. And all of them were having one house of their own and atleast one lakh rupees in store. Maharaja Agrasen never liked his people to be poor. He had a great scheme so that no one in his kingdom could remain poor. Whenever someone from outside joined his kingdom all the native people will give him one rupee and provide him with one brick. This way he will construct his house and also become a lakhpati. Such novel scheme was the root cause of the fact that no agarwal was a poor person in his kingdom.
If we take into account number of agarwals in the Maharaja's kingdom which was one lakh and estimate the pesent day number of agarwals in the world keeping into account the mortality rate at various times, the number comes to sixteen crores. WHERE ARE THESE SIXTEEN CRORE OF AGARWALS ?
Family deity of Agarwals is Mahalakshmi, the goddes of wealth.
important agrawals
Writers
Vibudh Shridhar, author and poet, composer of several texts
Bharatendu Harishchandra Hindi pioneer
Babu Gulabrai, eminent Hindi writer and philosopher
Hanuman Prasad Poddar, editor of Kalyan
Kaka Hathrasi real name (Prabhulal Garg)
Kedarnath Agarwal
Sita Ram Goel - eminent historian, writer and publisher
Vasudev Sharan Agrawal - eminent historian, writer
Jinendra Varni compiler of 5 volume "Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha" and Saman Suttam compilation[1].
Ishwar Chandra Gupta
[edit] Politicians
Rammanohar Lohia, humanist politician
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of state in Ministry of Finance.
Bobby Jindal, Current Governor Of Louisiana, USA
Naveen Jindal: MP from Kurukshetra and an Industralist
Satish Chandra Agrawal- state minister in Morarji Desai government
Banarsi Das Gupta- former Chief Minister of Haryana
Krishana Kumar Goyal-state minister in Desai government
Ved Prakash Goyal- cabinet minister in Vajpayee government
Vijay Goel- former minister
Ramdas Agarwal-BJP national Treasuer
Ram Prakash Gupta-UP CM
Chaman Lal Gupta- minister
Chandra Bhanu Gupta- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Dharma Vira-governor
Dhirendra Agarwal-M.P.
Surendra Prakash Goyal-M.P.
Jai Parkash Aggarwal- Member, Rajya Sabha & President, New Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
Jay Goyal
Victor Agarwal, Labour Group Leader Surrey County Council - The first Asian to be elected to Surrey County Council
Rajeev Bindal- Health Minister, Himachal Pradesh, India (BJP)
Kalicharan Saraf- MLA and Former Minister, Rajasthan
[edit] Sportspeople
Sandhya Agarwal- Test cricketer
Asha Agarwal-Marathon champion
Neha Aggarwal-Olympian
Om Agarwal-Billiards
Pushpendra Garg-rowing
Suresh Goel-badminton champion
Abhinn Shyam Gupta-
Abhijeet Gupta-Chess master
Rajinder Goel- Cricketer, Ranji player with most wickets
Ankit Aggarwal-cricketer
Ashok Garg- Wrestler and Arjuna award winner
Sandip Gupta
Karan Goel- Opening batsman, Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League
Subhash Agarwal
[edit] Film & television personalities
Shubha MudgalShubha Mudgal, Well known Indian Singer
Aarti Agarwal, Actress, Telugu film industry
Surily Goel, Fashion Designer
Sanjay Gupta (director), Famous Bollywood director
Neena Gupta-actress
Vipasha Agarwal, Model & Actress
Anu Agarwal,actress
Kajal Agarwal,actress
Sonia Agarwal,actress
Shruti Agrawal,actress
Kritika Singhal,actress
Additi Gupta,actress
Sooraj Barjatya,director
Rajendra Gupta,director
Ravi Agarwal,Producer
[edit] Scientists
Bhagwan Das Indian theosophist, awarded Bharat Ratna
Ram Narain Agarwal- Agni
Dr.Atma Ram - Former Director General of CSIR and NCST Chairman. Awarded Padma Shree
[edit] Engineers
Sir Ganga Ram: First modern engineer in India
Jai Krishna- Earthquake specialist
[edit] Doctors
Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent & Neurosurgeon
B.K.Goyal-Heart surgeon
Mukesh Agrawal-well known pediatrician (Author of "Text Book of Pediatrics" and co-author of "Immunization For Children" and "Trends In Clinical Pediatrics")
[edit] Lawyers
Shanti Bhushan
[edit] Journalists
Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief The Indian Express
[edit] Educationists
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai, women's education pioneer
[edit] Academics
Manindra Agrawal - prize-winning Computer Scientist and mathematician.
Bina Agarwal
Anant Agarwal
[edit] Others
Ashok Singhal-VHP leader
Jagmohan Dalmiya-cricket administrator
Bimal Jalan-RBI governor
Dharma Vira Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Sudarshan Agarwal-governor of Sikkim and Uttarakhand
Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)
Anil K. Rajvanshi- renewable energy and rural development expert
D. P. Agrawal-Indologist, archaeologist
S. P. Gupta-Indologist, archaeologist
Zubeen Garg- singer and composer
Aditya Mittal
Deepanshu Goel, Entrepreneur
Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent
Naresh Goyal, American born Indian businessman and founder …
Jay Goyal, Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Megh R. Goyal, an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Award winners
[edit] Bharat Ratna
Bhagwan Das
[edit] Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Year-2005 field-Medicine
Sh. Laxmi Niwas Mittal Year-2008 Field-Trade & Industry
Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj Year-2009 Field-Medicine
[edit] Padma Bhushan
Shri Radha Krishan Gupta Field-civil Service Year-1954 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Janaki Devi Bajaj Field-Social Work Year-1956 State-Madhya Pradesh Country-India
Shri Akshy Kumar Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1967 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Gujarmal Modi Field-Trade & Industry Year-1968 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Keshav Prasad Goenka Field-Trade & Industry Year-1969 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Giri Lal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Hans Raj Gupta Field-Public affairs Year-1970 State-Haryana Country-India
Shri Jainendra K. Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1971 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Krishna Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Bharatram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri. Shrijans Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1988 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1990 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Others Year-2000 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2000 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Hem Lata Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1998 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Rahul Bajaj Field-Trade & Industr Year-2001 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Vishnu Prabhakar Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Dewaki Jain Field-Social Work Year-2005 State-Karnatak Country-India
Dr. Jaiveer Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-2006 State-Tamilnadu Country-India
Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal Field-Trade & Industry Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shekhar Gupta Field-Journalism Year-2009 State-Delhi Country-India
[edit] Padma Shree
Dr. Atma Ram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1959 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Sumant kishore Jain Field-Civil Service Year-1963 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Mona Chandravati Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1965 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Amarnath Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1968 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ghanshyam Das Goyal Field-Social Work Year-1970 State-Karnataka Country-India
Smt. Surendra Bansi Dhar Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ishwar Chandra Gupta Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Chandigarh Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Dabriwala Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Badri Prasad Bajoria Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1973 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Narendra Sinh Jain Field-Medicine Year-1973 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Indra Kumar Gupta Field-Civil service Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jogindra Lal Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Suraj Mal Aggarwal Field-Civil Service Year-1975 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Mittal Field-Civil service Year-1976 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Hari Krishna Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-1981 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Niranjan Das Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-1982 State-Punjab Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1984 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Garg Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Kaka Hathrasi Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Om B Aggarwal Field-Sports Year-1985 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-1986 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Saroj Kumar Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1987 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Yash Pal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1990 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Jagdish Chandra Mittal Field-Arts Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Bimal Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Goel Field-Medicine Year-1991 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Shila Jhunjhunwala Field-Literature & Education Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shanti Lal Jain Field-Arts Year-1992 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Prem Shankar Goel Field-Science & Engineering Year-2001 State-Karnataka Country-India
Shri Gyan Chand Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2002 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2003 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Prof. Ram Gopal Bajaj Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Nemi Chandra Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. (Smt.) Sunita Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Gujrat Country-India
Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Prof. Narendra Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Karnataka Country-India
Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Sushil Gupta Field-Social Work Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. (Smt.) Bina Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-2008 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-2008 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain Field-Medicine Year-2008 State-Uttarakhand Country-India
Shri Kailash Chandra Agrawal Field-Social Work Year-2008 State-Rajasthan Country-India
Dr. A.K. Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2009 State-Maharashtra Country-India
[edit] Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
Shri Vijaypat Singhania :- Who has made record by flying from to London to Delhi by his Micro Light Aeroplane.
Shri. Rajedraprasad Goyal :- He has made a record by walking 1,75,000 km. through out world.
[edit] Famous Agrawal Houses
Some Agrawal families have been prominent for several generations, in most cases they became prominent in 1930s. These include
Dalmia
Singhania
Sahu Jain
Bajaj
Goenka
Garodia
Mittal
Piramal
Bagla
Some of the others, like the Birla (Maheshwari), Sarabhai (Shrimal Jain), Walchand Hirachand (Humad) are not Agrawal, but share similar backgrounds and values.
[edit] See also
Agrawal
[edit] References
1.^ Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan
[edit] External links
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Vibudh Shridhar, author and poet, composer of several texts
Bharatendu Harishchandra Hindi pioneer
Babu Gulabrai, eminent Hindi writer and philosopher
Hanuman Prasad Poddar, editor of Kalyan
Kaka Hathrasi real name (Prabhulal Garg)
Kedarnath Agarwal
Sita Ram Goel - eminent historian, writer and publisher
Vasudev Sharan Agrawal - eminent historian, writer
Jinendra Varni compiler of 5 volume "Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha" and Saman Suttam compilation[1].
Ishwar Chandra Gupta
[edit] Politicians
Rammanohar Lohia, humanist politician
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of state in Ministry of Finance.
Bobby Jindal, Current Governor Of Louisiana, USA
Naveen Jindal: MP from Kurukshetra and an Industralist
Satish Chandra Agrawal- state minister in Morarji Desai government
Banarsi Das Gupta- former Chief Minister of Haryana
Krishana Kumar Goyal-state minister in Desai government
Ved Prakash Goyal- cabinet minister in Vajpayee government
Vijay Goel- former minister
Ramdas Agarwal-BJP national Treasuer
Ram Prakash Gupta-UP CM
Chaman Lal Gupta- minister
Chandra Bhanu Gupta- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Dharma Vira-governor
Dhirendra Agarwal-M.P.
Surendra Prakash Goyal-M.P.
Jai Parkash Aggarwal- Member, Rajya Sabha & President, New Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
Jay Goyal
Victor Agarwal, Labour Group Leader Surrey County Council - The first Asian to be elected to Surrey County Council
Rajeev Bindal- Health Minister, Himachal Pradesh, India (BJP)
Kalicharan Saraf- MLA and Former Minister, Rajasthan
[edit] Sportspeople
Sandhya Agarwal- Test cricketer
Asha Agarwal-Marathon champion
Neha Aggarwal-Olympian
Om Agarwal-Billiards
Pushpendra Garg-rowing
Suresh Goel-badminton champion
Abhinn Shyam Gupta-
Abhijeet Gupta-Chess master
Rajinder Goel- Cricketer, Ranji player with most wickets
Ankit Aggarwal-cricketer
Ashok Garg- Wrestler and Arjuna award winner
Sandip Gupta
Karan Goel- Opening batsman, Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League
Subhash Agarwal
[edit] Film & television personalities
Shubha MudgalShubha Mudgal, Well known Indian Singer
Aarti Agarwal, Actress, Telugu film industry
Surily Goel, Fashion Designer
Sanjay Gupta (director), Famous Bollywood director
Neena Gupta-actress
Vipasha Agarwal, Model & Actress
Anu Agarwal,actress
Kajal Agarwal,actress
Sonia Agarwal,actress
Shruti Agrawal,actress
Kritika Singhal,actress
Additi Gupta,actress
Sooraj Barjatya,director
Rajendra Gupta,director
Ravi Agarwal,Producer
[edit] Scientists
Bhagwan Das Indian theosophist, awarded Bharat Ratna
Ram Narain Agarwal- Agni
Dr.Atma Ram - Former Director General of CSIR and NCST Chairman. Awarded Padma Shree
[edit] Engineers
Sir Ganga Ram: First modern engineer in India
Jai Krishna- Earthquake specialist
[edit] Doctors
Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent & Neurosurgeon
B.K.Goyal-Heart surgeon
Mukesh Agrawal-well known pediatrician (Author of "Text Book of Pediatrics" and co-author of "Immunization For Children" and "Trends In Clinical Pediatrics")
[edit] Lawyers
Shanti Bhushan
[edit] Journalists
Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief The Indian Express
[edit] Educationists
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai, women's education pioneer
[edit] Academics
Manindra Agrawal - prize-winning Computer Scientist and mathematician.
Bina Agarwal
Anant Agarwal
[edit] Others
Ashok Singhal-VHP leader
Jagmohan Dalmiya-cricket administrator
Bimal Jalan-RBI governor
Dharma Vira Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Sudarshan Agarwal-governor of Sikkim and Uttarakhand
Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)
Anil K. Rajvanshi- renewable energy and rural development expert
D. P. Agrawal-Indologist, archaeologist
S. P. Gupta-Indologist, archaeologist
Zubeen Garg- singer and composer
Aditya Mittal
Deepanshu Goel, Entrepreneur
Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent
Naresh Goyal, American born Indian businessman and founder …
Jay Goyal, Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Megh R. Goyal, an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Award winners
[edit] Bharat Ratna
Bhagwan Das
[edit] Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Year-2005 field-Medicine
Sh. Laxmi Niwas Mittal Year-2008 Field-Trade & Industry
Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj Year-2009 Field-Medicine
[edit] Padma Bhushan
Shri Radha Krishan Gupta Field-civil Service Year-1954 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Janaki Devi Bajaj Field-Social Work Year-1956 State-Madhya Pradesh Country-India
Shri Akshy Kumar Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1967 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Gujarmal Modi Field-Trade & Industry Year-1968 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Keshav Prasad Goenka Field-Trade & Industry Year-1969 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Giri Lal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Hans Raj Gupta Field-Public affairs Year-1970 State-Haryana Country-India
Shri Jainendra K. Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1971 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Krishna Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Bharatram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri. Shrijans Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1988 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1990 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Others Year-2000 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2000 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Hem Lata Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1998 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Rahul Bajaj Field-Trade & Industr Year-2001 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Vishnu Prabhakar Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Dewaki Jain Field-Social Work Year-2005 State-Karnatak Country-India
Dr. Jaiveer Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-2006 State-Tamilnadu Country-India
Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal Field-Trade & Industry Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shekhar Gupta Field-Journalism Year-2009 State-Delhi Country-India
[edit] Padma Shree
Dr. Atma Ram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1959 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Sumant kishore Jain Field-Civil Service Year-1963 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Mona Chandravati Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1965 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Amarnath Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1968 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ghanshyam Das Goyal Field-Social Work Year-1970 State-Karnataka Country-India
Smt. Surendra Bansi Dhar Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ishwar Chandra Gupta Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Chandigarh Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Dabriwala Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Badri Prasad Bajoria Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1973 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Narendra Sinh Jain Field-Medicine Year-1973 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Indra Kumar Gupta Field-Civil service Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jogindra Lal Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Suraj Mal Aggarwal Field-Civil Service Year-1975 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Mittal Field-Civil service Year-1976 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Hari Krishna Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-1981 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Niranjan Das Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-1982 State-Punjab Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1984 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Garg Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Kaka Hathrasi Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Om B Aggarwal Field-Sports Year-1985 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-1986 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Saroj Kumar Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1987 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Yash Pal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1990 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Jagdish Chandra Mittal Field-Arts Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Bimal Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Goel Field-Medicine Year-1991 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Shila Jhunjhunwala Field-Literature & Education Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shanti Lal Jain Field-Arts Year-1992 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Prem Shankar Goel Field-Science & Engineering Year-2001 State-Karnataka Country-India
Shri Gyan Chand Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2002 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2003 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Prof. Ram Gopal Bajaj Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Nemi Chandra Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. (Smt.) Sunita Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Gujrat Country-India
Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Prof. Narendra Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Karnataka Country-India
Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Sushil Gupta Field-Social Work Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. (Smt.) Bina Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-2008 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-2008 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain Field-Medicine Year-2008 State-Uttarakhand Country-India
Shri Kailash Chandra Agrawal Field-Social Work Year-2008 State-Rajasthan Country-India
Dr. A.K. Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2009 State-Maharashtra Country-India
[edit] Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
Shri Vijaypat Singhania :- Who has made record by flying from to London to Delhi by his Micro Light Aeroplane.
Shri. Rajedraprasad Goyal :- He has made a record by walking 1,75,000 km. through out world.
[edit] Famous Agrawal Houses
Some Agrawal families have been prominent for several generations, in most cases they became prominent in 1930s. These include
Dalmia
Singhania
Sahu Jain
Bajaj
Goenka
Garodia
Mittal
Piramal
Bagla
Some of the others, like the Birla (Maheshwari), Sarabhai (Shrimal Jain), Walchand Hirachand (Humad) are not Agrawal, but share similar backgrounds and values.
[edit] See also
Agrawal
[edit] References
1.^ Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan
[edit] External links
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
important agrawals
Freedom fighters
Lala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat Rai: Freedom fighter
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Sri Prakasa, freedom fighter, governor, high commissioner
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Rammanohar Lohia
Janaki Devi Bajaj
Dinesh Gupta
Badal Gupta
[edit] Businesspeople
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Sunil Bharti MittalRajput period:
Nattal Sahu, merchant prince during the rule of Tomar Anangapal and patron of Vibudh Shridhar
Sahu Todar, supervisor of royal mint and patron of scholars
Mughal period:
Raja Harsukh Rai, Mughal treasurer and builder of many Jain temples
Ramji Das Gurwala, who gave large sums to Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lala Ratan Chand
British period:
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Bhagwandas Bagla, First Marwari millionaire, popularized rasgulla
Ramnath Goenka, founder of Indian Express
O.P. Jindal, industrialist and politician
Gujar Mal Modi-founder of Modi group and Padmabhushan awardee
Raja Harsukh Rai
Jayadayalji Goyandka, founder of Gita Press
Post Independence:
Lakshmi Mittal, Arcelor Mittal, businessman, richest Rich Indian Businessmen in the world
Subhash Chandra Goel :- The Chairman of the Agroha Vikas Trust & owner of Zee TV,Wealthy Indians
Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj Auto, Member of Parliament, Wealthy Indians
Vijaypat Singhania, Raymonds
Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways, Wealthy Indians
Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Resources, Wealthy Indians
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Airtel, Wealthy Indians
Indu Jain, Wealthy Indians
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Wealthy Indians
RP Goenka - Industrialist (RPG Group)
Bharat Goenka, Tally Solutions
Lalit Modi, Head of IPL (Indian Premier Cricket League)
Som Mittal, Indian telecom enterpreneur
Anand Jain, Jai Corp Limited, Wealthy Indians
Rajesh Agrawal, Chairman & CEO of RationalFX, *Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon, Wealthy Indians
Rajat Gupta, Management Guru
Vinod Agarwal, Businessman & Scientist
Vinod Gupta, CEO of infoGROUP
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Bhaskar group
Sajjan Jindal, Jindal Steel, Wealthy Indians
Anupam Mittal, founder of shaadi.com and People Group
Lala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat Rai: Freedom fighter
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Sri Prakasa, freedom fighter, governor, high commissioner
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Rammanohar Lohia
Janaki Devi Bajaj
Dinesh Gupta
Badal Gupta
[edit] Businesspeople
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Sunil Bharti MittalRajput period:
Nattal Sahu, merchant prince during the rule of Tomar Anangapal and patron of Vibudh Shridhar
Sahu Todar, supervisor of royal mint and patron of scholars
Mughal period:
Raja Harsukh Rai, Mughal treasurer and builder of many Jain temples
Ramji Das Gurwala, who gave large sums to Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lala Ratan Chand
British period:
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Bhagwandas Bagla, First Marwari millionaire, popularized rasgulla
Ramnath Goenka, founder of Indian Express
O.P. Jindal, industrialist and politician
Gujar Mal Modi-founder of Modi group and Padmabhushan awardee
Raja Harsukh Rai
Jayadayalji Goyandka, founder of Gita Press
Post Independence:
Lakshmi Mittal, Arcelor Mittal, businessman, richest Rich Indian Businessmen in the world
Subhash Chandra Goel :- The Chairman of the Agroha Vikas Trust & owner of Zee TV,Wealthy Indians
Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj Auto, Member of Parliament, Wealthy Indians
Vijaypat Singhania, Raymonds
Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways, Wealthy Indians
Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Resources, Wealthy Indians
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Airtel, Wealthy Indians
Indu Jain, Wealthy Indians
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Wealthy Indians
RP Goenka - Industrialist (RPG Group)
Bharat Goenka, Tally Solutions
Lalit Modi, Head of IPL (Indian Premier Cricket League)
Som Mittal, Indian telecom enterpreneur
Anand Jain, Jai Corp Limited, Wealthy Indians
Rajesh Agrawal, Chairman & CEO of RationalFX, *Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon, Wealthy Indians
Rajat Gupta, Management Guru
Vinod Agarwal, Businessman & Scientist
Vinod Gupta, CEO of infoGROUP
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Bhaskar group
Sajjan Jindal, Jindal Steel, Wealthy Indians
Anupam Mittal, founder of shaadi.com and People Group
Gotras of Agarwal
Category:Gotras of Agarwal
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Aggarwal's GotrasThere are 18 gotras (Family Name- Titles) of the Agrawal community. All eighteen gotras are the names of sons of Maharajadhiraj Samrat Agrasen Suryavanshi. The names are :-
1.Garg
2.Mangal
3.Kucchal
4.Goyan
5.Goyal
6.Bansal
7.Kansal
8.Singhal
9.Jindal
10.Thingal
11.Airan
12.Dharan
13.Madhukul
14.Bindal
15.Mittal
16.Tayal
17.Bhandal
18.Naagal
All the gotras are in the hierarchy according to the age of sons of Maharaj Agrasen. Garg was name of Crown Prince Vibhu, the eldest son of Maharaj Agrasen, who ascended the throne of Agroha after Maharaja and became Narpati of daskdisha (King of Ten Directions), Samrat of Vaishyas (Lord of Business Men), Naresh of Suryavansh ( Biggest authority of Sun Dynasty) and received tiltes Mahayudhvir (Greatest warrior), SantiDhoot (Angel of Peace) and MahaDhanajarn (Great saver of Wealth). Mangal was king of Punjab, Goyal was king of central India, and all other brothers was given different states for rule in north India. Today Agrakul is the largest alive dynasty in the whole Indian sub continent . Goyal is most widespread Sub-dynasty of Agrakul. Mittal and Jindal prosperous a lot. Lashmi niwas Mittal , world fifth most Richest man belongs to mittal family, Among top 50 Richest business families , nearly 20 families belongs to Agrawal Dynasty. Billionaire corporates houses like Goyenkas (Indian Express), Goyals (Essel Group), Jindals, Singhanias(JK.Group), khaitans, Modi, Barjatiyas (Construction business family) are some wealthiest clans in India, who are again shaping the country into a modern goldern sparrow.
Pages in category "Gotras of Agarwal"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
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Jindal
M
Mittal
S
Singhal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Aggarwal's GotrasThere are 18 gotras (Family Name- Titles) of the Agrawal community. All eighteen gotras are the names of sons of Maharajadhiraj Samrat Agrasen Suryavanshi. The names are :-
1.Garg
2.Mangal
3.Kucchal
4.Goyan
5.Goyal
6.Bansal
7.Kansal
8.Singhal
9.Jindal
10.Thingal
11.Airan
12.Dharan
13.Madhukul
14.Bindal
15.Mittal
16.Tayal
17.Bhandal
18.Naagal
All the gotras are in the hierarchy according to the age of sons of Maharaj Agrasen. Garg was name of Crown Prince Vibhu, the eldest son of Maharaj Agrasen, who ascended the throne of Agroha after Maharaja and became Narpati of daskdisha (King of Ten Directions), Samrat of Vaishyas (Lord of Business Men), Naresh of Suryavansh ( Biggest authority of Sun Dynasty) and received tiltes Mahayudhvir (Greatest warrior), SantiDhoot (Angel of Peace) and MahaDhanajarn (Great saver of Wealth). Mangal was king of Punjab, Goyal was king of central India, and all other brothers was given different states for rule in north India. Today Agrakul is the largest alive dynasty in the whole Indian sub continent . Goyal is most widespread Sub-dynasty of Agrakul. Mittal and Jindal prosperous a lot. Lashmi niwas Mittal , world fifth most Richest man belongs to mittal family, Among top 50 Richest business families , nearly 20 families belongs to Agrawal Dynasty. Billionaire corporates houses like Goyenkas (Indian Express), Goyals (Essel Group), Jindals, Singhanias(JK.Group), khaitans, Modi, Barjatiyas (Construction business family) are some wealthiest clans in India, who are again shaping the country into a modern goldern sparrow.
Pages in category "Gotras of Agarwal"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
J
Jindal
M
Mittal
S
Singhal
Maharaja Agrasena
Early life
Various legends about Agroha and Agrasena are found among the Agrawals. Noted Hindi author Bharatendu Harishchandra (himself an Agrawal[1]) wrote Agarwalon ki Utpatti (The origin of Agrawals) in 1871[2], based on an account in the Mahalaksmi Vrat Katha manuscript.[3]. According to this account, Maharaja Agrasena was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya king, born during the last stages of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat epic era, he was contemporaneous to Lord Krishna. He was the eldest son of the King Ballabh of Pratapnagar. Agrasena fathered 18 children, from whom the Agrawal gotras came into being.
Agrasena attended the swayamvara of Madhavi, the daughter of the King Nagaraj. However,Indra, the God of Heaven and also the Lord of storms and rainfall, wanted to marry Madhavi, but she chose Agrasena as her husband. A furious Indra decided to take revenge by making sure that Pratapnagar did not receive any rain. As a result, a famine struck Agrasen's kingdom, who then decided to wage a war against Indra. Sage Narada was approached by Indra, who mediated peace between Agrasena and Indra.
According to Vachanakosha of Bulakhichand (1680 AD), Agar Rishi married a naga-kanya and had 18 children [4]. A similar account is given in 1885 Bombay Presidency Gazetteer, Rishi Agrasena married 17 naga-kanyas.[5].
[edit] Penance
Later, Agrasena started a severe tapasya (penance) to propitiate Lord Shiva in the city of Kashi. Shiva was pleased with the penance and advised him to propitiate Goddess Mahalakshmi. Agrasena again started meditating on Mahalakshmi, who appeared before him and blessed him. She urged Agrasena (who was a Kshatriya) to take up the Vaishya tradition of business for the sake of the prosperity of his people. She asked him to establish a new kingdom, and promised that she would bless his descendants with prosperity and wealth.
[edit] Agroha
Main article: Agroha
Agrasena then traveled all over India with his queen to select a place for a new kingdom. At one point during his travels, he found a few tiger cubs and wolfs cubs playing together. To King Agrasena and Queen Madhavi, this was an auspicious indication that the area was veerabhoomi (land of the brave) and they decided to found their new kingdom at that location. The place was named Agroha. Agroha is situated near present day Hisar in Haryana. Presently Agroha is developing as agrawal's holy station, Big Temple of Agrasen M & Vaishnav Devi.
Under the leadership of Agrasena, Agroha became very prosperous. Legend has it that a hundred thousand traders lived in the city at its heyday. An immigrant wishing to settle in the city would be given a rupee and a brick by each of the inhabitants of the city. Thus, he would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house for himself, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a new business. This is a unique example of socialism.
[edit] Agrawal gotras
Main article: Agarwal
Agrasena divided his kingdom among his 18 children, resulting in eighteen Agrawal gotras. Often, the number of gotras is stated to be seventeen. Some sources attributed the half gotra to the illegitimate offspring[6]. Another version suggests that Agrasena proceeded to conduct 18 mahayajnas ("Great yajnas"). During one such yajna, Agrasena noticed that a horse that had been brought to be sacrificed was trying hard to get away from the sacrificial altar. Seeing this Maharaj Agrasena was filled with compassion for the animal. The idea of ahimsa (non-violence) grabbed his mind. Therefore, he put a brake to his eighteenth yajna, announcing that no sacrifices will be made in his kingdom in name of yajnas. Thus, the eighteenth yajna wasn't completed and Agrasena had performed seventeen and a half yajnas. The gods appeared before him and blessed him with seventeen and a half gotras.[7]
In the later part of his life, Agrasena nominated his eldest son Vibhu to the throne and took up the Vanaprastha ashram. According to the legend, Agroha was a prosperous city and a hundred thousand traders lived in the city during its heyday. An insolvent community man as well as an immigrant wishing to settle in the city would be given a rupee and a brick by each inhabitant of the city. Thus, he would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house for himself, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a new business. Gradually, the city of Agroha declined and was finally destroyed in a huge fire. The residents of Agroha i.e. the Agrawals moved out of Agroha and spread in other parts of India.
It is believed that King Agrasen married Madhavi, daughter of King Kumud of Nagaloka (Snake Kingdom). Thus Agrawals are the progeny of Madhavi and that is why they worship Nagas (snakes) and consider them to be their maternal uncles.
Following are the seventeen and a half gotras of Agrawals: Garga, Goila, Gavala, Batsila, Kasila, Simghala, Mamgala, Kuchhala, Tingala, Airana, Tairana, Thingala, Tittala, Mittala, Tundala, Tayala, Gobhila and Goina (considered as half gotra).
The kingdom of Agrasen flourished and extended from the Himalayas, Punjab, the valley of Yamuna, and the Mewar region. Agra continued to be a prominent place being the capital of the southern part of the kingdom. The other important regions were Gurgaon (ancient Gaudagrama), the goddess mother of this place is revered by Agrawals; Meerut, Rohtak, Hansi, Panipat, Karnal, and Kotkangra. The famous temple of Mahamaya, the Kuladevi of Agrawals is located at Kotknagra. Mandi, Vilaspur, Garhwal, Narnaul were all the parts of the kingdom. Agroha was the capital of the kingdom.
Agrawals are basically a commercial community or Vaishyas. They are one of the most respectable and enterprising of mercantile tribes. Two of Emperor Akbar’s famous ministers are said to have been Agrawals, viz, Todarmal, who introduced an assessment of land, and Madhushah, who introduced ‘Madhushahi’ pice.
[edit] References
1.^ "Bhartendu Harish Chandra (1850-1885)". http://rrtd.nic.in/bhartenduharishchandra.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
2.^ Bharatendu Harishchandra, Agrawalon ki Utpatti, 1871, reprinted in Hemant Sarma, Bharatendu Samgrah, Varanasi, Hindi Pracharak Samsthan, 1989.
3.^ The text from the manuscript is given in Satyaketu Vidyalankar, Agrwal Jati Ka Prachin Itihas, Masuri, Shri Sarasvati Sada, 1976
4.^ Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, Jaipur, 1983
5.^ Bombay Presidency Gazetteer, 1885, page 262-263
6.^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; B. V. Bhanu (2004). People of India. Popular Prakashan. p. 46. ISBN 8179911004. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN8179911004&id=DEAlCTxJowUC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&ots=Bvlxact-nQ&dq=agarwal+agroha&sig=3JVJpW3XF2UJXStGcgV-tWgHKlE. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
7.^ "Agrawals". Shri Agrawal Samaj. http://agrawal.aryashaadi.com/. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
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[edit] External links
Maharaja Agrasen at agrasen.com
Introduction at agroha.com
[1],every thing about Maharaja Agrasen at maharajaagrasen.com
About Maharaja Agrasen, Agroha, Agroha Dham, Aggarwal Gotra at vaishsamaj.com
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrasena"
Categories: Hindu history Agarwal People in Hindu mythology
Various legends about Agroha and Agrasena are found among the Agrawals. Noted Hindi author Bharatendu Harishchandra (himself an Agrawal[1]) wrote Agarwalon ki Utpatti (The origin of Agrawals) in 1871[2], based on an account in the Mahalaksmi Vrat Katha manuscript.[3]. According to this account, Maharaja Agrasena was a Suryavanshi Kshatriya king, born during the last stages of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat epic era, he was contemporaneous to Lord Krishna. He was the eldest son of the King Ballabh of Pratapnagar. Agrasena fathered 18 children, from whom the Agrawal gotras came into being.
Agrasena attended the swayamvara of Madhavi, the daughter of the King Nagaraj. However,Indra, the God of Heaven and also the Lord of storms and rainfall, wanted to marry Madhavi, but she chose Agrasena as her husband. A furious Indra decided to take revenge by making sure that Pratapnagar did not receive any rain. As a result, a famine struck Agrasen's kingdom, who then decided to wage a war against Indra. Sage Narada was approached by Indra, who mediated peace between Agrasena and Indra.
According to Vachanakosha of Bulakhichand (1680 AD), Agar Rishi married a naga-kanya and had 18 children [4]. A similar account is given in 1885 Bombay Presidency Gazetteer, Rishi Agrasena married 17 naga-kanyas.[5].
[edit] Penance
Later, Agrasena started a severe tapasya (penance) to propitiate Lord Shiva in the city of Kashi. Shiva was pleased with the penance and advised him to propitiate Goddess Mahalakshmi. Agrasena again started meditating on Mahalakshmi, who appeared before him and blessed him. She urged Agrasena (who was a Kshatriya) to take up the Vaishya tradition of business for the sake of the prosperity of his people. She asked him to establish a new kingdom, and promised that she would bless his descendants with prosperity and wealth.
[edit] Agroha
Main article: Agroha
Agrasena then traveled all over India with his queen to select a place for a new kingdom. At one point during his travels, he found a few tiger cubs and wolfs cubs playing together. To King Agrasena and Queen Madhavi, this was an auspicious indication that the area was veerabhoomi (land of the brave) and they decided to found their new kingdom at that location. The place was named Agroha. Agroha is situated near present day Hisar in Haryana. Presently Agroha is developing as agrawal's holy station, Big Temple of Agrasen M & Vaishnav Devi.
Under the leadership of Agrasena, Agroha became very prosperous. Legend has it that a hundred thousand traders lived in the city at its heyday. An immigrant wishing to settle in the city would be given a rupee and a brick by each of the inhabitants of the city. Thus, he would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house for himself, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a new business. This is a unique example of socialism.
[edit] Agrawal gotras
Main article: Agarwal
Agrasena divided his kingdom among his 18 children, resulting in eighteen Agrawal gotras. Often, the number of gotras is stated to be seventeen. Some sources attributed the half gotra to the illegitimate offspring[6]. Another version suggests that Agrasena proceeded to conduct 18 mahayajnas ("Great yajnas"). During one such yajna, Agrasena noticed that a horse that had been brought to be sacrificed was trying hard to get away from the sacrificial altar. Seeing this Maharaj Agrasena was filled with compassion for the animal. The idea of ahimsa (non-violence) grabbed his mind. Therefore, he put a brake to his eighteenth yajna, announcing that no sacrifices will be made in his kingdom in name of yajnas. Thus, the eighteenth yajna wasn't completed and Agrasena had performed seventeen and a half yajnas. The gods appeared before him and blessed him with seventeen and a half gotras.[7]
In the later part of his life, Agrasena nominated his eldest son Vibhu to the throne and took up the Vanaprastha ashram. According to the legend, Agroha was a prosperous city and a hundred thousand traders lived in the city during its heyday. An insolvent community man as well as an immigrant wishing to settle in the city would be given a rupee and a brick by each inhabitant of the city. Thus, he would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house for himself, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a new business. Gradually, the city of Agroha declined and was finally destroyed in a huge fire. The residents of Agroha i.e. the Agrawals moved out of Agroha and spread in other parts of India.
It is believed that King Agrasen married Madhavi, daughter of King Kumud of Nagaloka (Snake Kingdom). Thus Agrawals are the progeny of Madhavi and that is why they worship Nagas (snakes) and consider them to be their maternal uncles.
Following are the seventeen and a half gotras of Agrawals: Garga, Goila, Gavala, Batsila, Kasila, Simghala, Mamgala, Kuchhala, Tingala, Airana, Tairana, Thingala, Tittala, Mittala, Tundala, Tayala, Gobhila and Goina (considered as half gotra).
The kingdom of Agrasen flourished and extended from the Himalayas, Punjab, the valley of Yamuna, and the Mewar region. Agra continued to be a prominent place being the capital of the southern part of the kingdom. The other important regions were Gurgaon (ancient Gaudagrama), the goddess mother of this place is revered by Agrawals; Meerut, Rohtak, Hansi, Panipat, Karnal, and Kotkangra. The famous temple of Mahamaya, the Kuladevi of Agrawals is located at Kotknagra. Mandi, Vilaspur, Garhwal, Narnaul were all the parts of the kingdom. Agroha was the capital of the kingdom.
Agrawals are basically a commercial community or Vaishyas. They are one of the most respectable and enterprising of mercantile tribes. Two of Emperor Akbar’s famous ministers are said to have been Agrawals, viz, Todarmal, who introduced an assessment of land, and Madhushah, who introduced ‘Madhushahi’ pice.
[edit] References
1.^ "Bhartendu Harish Chandra (1850-1885)". http://rrtd.nic.in/bhartenduharishchandra.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
2.^ Bharatendu Harishchandra, Agrawalon ki Utpatti, 1871, reprinted in Hemant Sarma, Bharatendu Samgrah, Varanasi, Hindi Pracharak Samsthan, 1989.
3.^ The text from the manuscript is given in Satyaketu Vidyalankar, Agrwal Jati Ka Prachin Itihas, Masuri, Shri Sarasvati Sada, 1976
4.^ Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, Jaipur, 1983
5.^ Bombay Presidency Gazetteer, 1885, page 262-263
6.^ Singh, Kumar Suresh; B. V. Bhanu (2004). People of India. Popular Prakashan. p. 46. ISBN 8179911004. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN8179911004&id=DEAlCTxJowUC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&ots=Bvlxact-nQ&dq=agarwal+agroha&sig=3JVJpW3XF2UJXStGcgV-tWgHKlE. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
7.^ "Agrawals". Shri Agrawal Samaj. http://agrawal.aryashaadi.com/. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
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[edit] External links
Maharaja Agrasen at agrasen.com
Introduction at agroha.com
[1],every thing about Maharaja Agrasen at maharajaagrasen.com
About Maharaja Agrasen, Agroha, Agroha Dham, Aggarwal Gotra at vaishsamaj.com
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrasena"
Categories: Hindu history Agarwal People in Hindu mythology
Maharaja Agrasena
Maharaja Agrasena yugankMaharaja Agrasena (also Agrasen) (Devanagari: अग्रसेन) was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari clans trace its origin. He is credited with the establishment of a kingdom of traders in North India, and is known for his compassion in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Penance
3 Agroha
4 Agrawal gotras
5 References
6 External links
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Penance
3 Agroha
4 Agrawal gotras
5 References
6 External links
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
about agrawals
Maharaja Agrasena (also Agrasen) (Devanagari: अग्रसेन) was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari clans trace its origin. He is credited with the establishment of a kingdom of traders in North India, and is known for his compassion in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas.
List of distinguished Agrawals
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This is a partial list of prominent Agrawals.
Contents [hide]
1 Freedom fighters
2 Businesspeople
3 Writers
4 Politicians
5 Sportspeople
6 Film & television personalities
7 Scientists
8 Engineers
9 Doctors
10 Lawyers
11 Journalists
12 Educationists
13 Academics
14 Others
15 Award winners
15.1 Bharat Ratna
15.2 Padma Vibhushan
15.3 Padma Bhushan
15.4 Padma Shree
15.5 Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
16 Famous Agrawal Houses
17 See also
18 References
19 External links
Freedom fighters
Lala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat Rai: Freedom fighter
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Sri Prakasa, freedom fighter, governor, high commissioner
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Rammanohar Lohia
Janaki Devi Bajaj
Dinesh Gupta
Badal Gupta
[edit] Businesspeople
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Sunil Bharti MittalRajput period:
Nattal Sahu, merchant prince during the rule of Tomar Anangapal and patron of Vibudh Shridhar
Sahu Todar, supervisor of royal mint and patron of scholars
Mughal period:
Raja Harsukh Rai, Mughal treasurer and builder of many Jain temples
Ramji Das Gurwala, who gave large sums to Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lala Ratan Chand
British period:
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Bhagwandas Bagla, First Marwari millionaire, popularized rasgulla
Ramnath Goenka, founder of Indian Express
O.P. Jindal, industrialist and politician
Gujar Mal Modi-founder of Modi group and Padmabhushan awardee
Raja Harsukh Rai
Jayadayalji Goyandka, founder of Gita Press
Post Independence:
Lakshmi Mittal, Arcelor Mittal, businessman, richest Rich Indian Businessmen in the world
Subhash Chandra Goel :- The Chairman of the Agroha Vikas Trust & owner of Zee TV,Wealthy Indians
Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj Auto, Member of Parliament, Wealthy Indians
Vijaypat Singhania, Raymonds
Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways, Wealthy Indians
Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Resources, Wealthy Indians
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Airtel, Wealthy Indians
Indu Jain, Wealthy Indians
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Wealthy Indians
RP Goenka - Industrialist (RPG Group)
Bharat Goenka, Tally Solutions
Lalit Modi, Head of IPL (Indian Premier Cricket League)
Som Mittal, Indian telecom enterpreneur
Anand Jain, Jai Corp Limited, Wealthy Indians
Rajesh Agrawal, Chairman & CEO of RationalFX, *Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon, Wealthy Indians
Rajat Gupta, Management Guru
Vinod Agarwal, Businessman & Scientist
Vinod Gupta, CEO of infoGROUP
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Bhaskar group
Sajjan Jindal, Jindal Steel, Wealthy Indians
Anupam Mittal, founder of shaadi.com and People Group
[edit] Writers
Vibudh Shridhar, author and poet, composer of several texts
Bharatendu Harishchandra Hindi pioneer
Babu Gulabrai, eminent Hindi writer and philosopher
Hanuman Prasad Poddar, editor of Kalyan
Kaka Hathrasi real name (Prabhulal Garg)
Kedarnath Agarwal
Sita Ram Goel - eminent historian, writer and publisher
Vasudev Sharan Agrawal - eminent historian, writer
Jinendra Varni compiler of 5 volume "Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha" and Saman Suttam compilation[1].
Ishwar Chandra Gupta
[edit] Politicians
Rammanohar Lohia, humanist politician
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of state in Ministry of Finance.
Bobby Jindal, Current Governor Of Louisiana, USA
Naveen Jindal: MP from Kurukshetra and an Industralist
Satish Chandra Agrawal- state minister in Morarji Desai government
Banarsi Das Gupta- former Chief Minister of Haryana
Krishana Kumar Goyal-state minister in Desai government
Ved Prakash Goyal- cabinet minister in Vajpayee government
Vijay Goel- former minister
Ramdas Agarwal-BJP national Treasuer
Ram Prakash Gupta-UP CM
Chaman Lal Gupta- minister
Chandra Bhanu Gupta- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Dharma Vira-governor
Dhirendra Agarwal-M.P.
Surendra Prakash Goyal-M.P.
Jai Parkash Aggarwal- Member, Rajya Sabha & President, New Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
Jay Goyal
Victor Agarwal, Labour Group Leader Surrey County Council - The first Asian to be elected to Surrey County Council
Rajeev Bindal- Health Minister, Himachal Pradesh, India (BJP)
Kalicharan Saraf- MLA and Former Minister, Rajasthan
[edit] Sportspeople
Sandhya Agarwal- Test cricketer
Asha Agarwal-Marathon champion
Neha Aggarwal-Olympian
Om Agarwal-Billiards
Pushpendra Garg-rowing
Suresh Goel-badminton champion
Abhinn Shyam Gupta-
Abhijeet Gupta-Chess master
Rajinder Goel- Cricketer, Ranji player with most wickets
Ankit Aggarwal-cricketer
Ashok Garg- Wrestler and Arjuna award winner
Sandip Gupta
Karan Goel- Opening batsman, Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League
Subhash Agarwal
[edit] Film & television personalities
Shubha MudgalShubha Mudgal, Well known Indian Singer
Aarti Agarwal, Actress, Telugu film industry
Surily Goel, Fashion Designer
Sanjay Gupta (director), Famous Bollywood director
Neena Gupta-actress
Vipasha Agarwal, Model & Actress
Anu Agarwal,actress
Kajal Agarwal,actress
Sonia Agarwal,actress
Shruti Agrawal,actress
Kritika Singhal,actress
Additi Gupta,actress
Sooraj Barjatya,director
Rajendra Gupta,director
Ravi Agarwal,Producer
[edit] Scientists
Bhagwan Das Indian theosophist, awarded Bharat Ratna
Ram Narain Agarwal- Agni
Dr.Atma Ram - Former Director General of CSIR and NCST Chairman. Awarded Padma Shree
[edit] Engineers
Sir Ganga Ram: First modern engineer in India
Jai Krishna- Earthquake specialist
[edit] Doctors
Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent & Neurosurgeon
B.K.Goyal-Heart surgeon
Mukesh Agrawal-well known pediatrician (Author of "Text Book of Pediatrics" and co-author of "Immunization For Children" and "Trends In Clinical Pediatrics")
[edit] Lawyers
Shanti Bhushan
[edit] Journalists
Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief The Indian Express
[edit] Educationists
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai, women's education pioneer
[edit] Academics
Manindra Agrawal - prize-winning Computer Scientist and mathematician.
Bina Agarwal
Anant Agarwal
[edit] Others
Ashok Singhal-VHP leader
Jagmohan Dalmiya-cricket administrator
Bimal Jalan-RBI governor
Dharma Vira Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Sudarshan Agarwal-governor of Sikkim and Uttarakhand
Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)
Anil K. Rajvanshi- renewable energy and rural development expert
D. P. Agrawal-Indologist, archaeologist
S. P. Gupta-Indologist, archaeologist
Zubeen Garg- singer and composer
Aditya Mittal
Deepanshu Goel, Entrepreneur
Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent
Naresh Goyal, American born Indian businessman and founder …
Jay Goyal, Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Megh R. Goyal, an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Award winners
[edit] Bharat Ratna
Bhagwan Das
[edit] Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Year-2005 field-Medicine
Sh. Laxmi Niwas Mittal Year-2008 Field-Trade & Industry
Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj Year-2009 Field-Medicine
[edit] Padma Bhushan
Shri Radha Krishan Gupta Field-civil Service Year-1954 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Janaki Devi Bajaj Field-Social Work Year-1956 State-Madhya Pradesh Country-India
Shri Akshy Kumar Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1967 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Gujarmal Modi Field-Trade & Industry Year-1968 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Keshav Prasad Goenka Field-Trade & Industry Year-1969 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Giri Lal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Hans Raj Gupta Field-Public affairs Year-1970 State-Haryana Country-India
Shri Jainendra K. Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1971 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Krishna Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Bharatram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri. Shrijans Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1988 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1990 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Others Year-2000 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2000 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Hem Lata Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1998 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Rahul Bajaj Field-Trade & Industr Year-2001 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Vishnu Prabhakar Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Dewaki Jain Field-Social Work Year-2005 State-Karnatak Country-India
Dr. Jaiveer Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-2006 State-Tamilnadu Country-India
Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal Field-Trade & Industry Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shekhar Gupta Field-Journalism Year-2009 State-Delhi Country-India
[edit] Padma Shree
Dr. Atma Ram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1959 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Sumant kishore Jain Field-Civil Service Year-1963 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Mona Chandravati Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1965 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Amarnath Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1968 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ghanshyam Das Goyal Field-Social Work Year-1970 State-Karnataka Country-India
Smt. Surendra Bansi Dhar Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ishwar Chandra Gupta Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Chandigarh Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Dabriwala Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Badri Prasad Bajoria Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1973 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Narendra Sinh Jain Field-Medicine Year-1973 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Indra Kumar Gupta Field-Civil service Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jogindra Lal Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Suraj Mal Aggarwal Field-Civil Service Year-1975 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Mittal Field-Civil service Year-1976 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Hari Krishna Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-1981 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Niranjan Das Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-1982 State-Punjab Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1984 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Garg Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Kaka Hathrasi Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Om B Aggarwal Field-Sports Year-1985 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-1986 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Saroj Kumar Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1987 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Yash Pal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1990 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Jagdish Chandra Mittal Field-Arts Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Bimal Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Goel Field-Medicine Year-1991 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Shila Jhunjhunwala Field-Literature & Education Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shanti Lal Jain Field-Arts Year-1992 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Prem Shankar Goel Field-Science & Engineering Year-2001 State-Karnataka Country-India
Shri Gyan Chand Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2002 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2003 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Prof. Ram Gopal Bajaj Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Nemi Chandra Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. (Smt.) Sunita Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Gujrat Country-India
Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Prof. Narendra Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Karnataka Country-India
Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Sushil Gupta Field-Social Work Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. (Smt.) Bina Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-2008 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-2008 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain Field-Medicine Year-2008 State-Uttarakhand Country-India
Shri Kailash Chandra Agrawal Field-Social Work Year-2008 State-Rajasthan Country-India
Dr. A.K. Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2009 State-Maharashtra Country-India
[edit] Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
Shri Vijaypat Singhania :- Who has made record by flying from to London to Delhi by his Micro Light Aeroplane.
Shri. Rajedraprasad Goyal :- He has made a record by walking 1,75,000 km. through out world.
[edit] Famous Agrawal Houses
Some Agrawal families have been prominent for several generations, in most cases they became prominent in 1930s. These include
Dalmia
Singhania
Sahu Jain
Bajaj
Goenka
Garodia
Mittal
Piramal
Bagla
Some of the others, like the Birla (Maheshwari), Sarabhai (Shrimal Jain), Walchand Hirachand (Humad) are not Agrawal, but share similar backgrounds and values.
[edit] See also
Agrawal
[edit] References
1.^ Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan
[edit] External links
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
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Contents [hide]
1 Freedom fighters
2 Businesspeople
3 Writers
4 Politicians
5 Sportspeople
6 Film & television personalities
7 Scientists
8 Engineers
9 Doctors
10 Lawyers
11 Journalists
12 Educationists
13 Academics
14 Others
15 Award winners
15.1 Bharat Ratna
15.2 Padma Vibhushan
15.3 Padma Bhushan
15.4 Padma Shree
15.5 Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
16 Famous Agrawal Houses
17 See also
18 References
19 External links
Freedom fighters
Lala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat Rai: Freedom fighter
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Sri Prakasa, freedom fighter, governor, high commissioner
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Rammanohar Lohia
Janaki Devi Bajaj
Dinesh Gupta
Badal Gupta
[edit] Businesspeople
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Sunil Bharti MittalRajput period:
Nattal Sahu, merchant prince during the rule of Tomar Anangapal and patron of Vibudh Shridhar
Sahu Todar, supervisor of royal mint and patron of scholars
Mughal period:
Raja Harsukh Rai, Mughal treasurer and builder of many Jain temples
Ramji Das Gurwala, who gave large sums to Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lala Ratan Chand
British period:
Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
Bhagwandas Bagla, First Marwari millionaire, popularized rasgulla
Ramnath Goenka, founder of Indian Express
O.P. Jindal, industrialist and politician
Gujar Mal Modi-founder of Modi group and Padmabhushan awardee
Raja Harsukh Rai
Jayadayalji Goyandka, founder of Gita Press
Post Independence:
Lakshmi Mittal, Arcelor Mittal, businessman, richest Rich Indian Businessmen in the world
Subhash Chandra Goel :- The Chairman of the Agroha Vikas Trust & owner of Zee TV,Wealthy Indians
Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj Auto, Member of Parliament, Wealthy Indians
Vijaypat Singhania, Raymonds
Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways, Wealthy Indians
Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Resources, Wealthy Indians
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Airtel, Wealthy Indians
Indu Jain, Wealthy Indians
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Wealthy Indians
RP Goenka - Industrialist (RPG Group)
Bharat Goenka, Tally Solutions
Lalit Modi, Head of IPL (Indian Premier Cricket League)
Som Mittal, Indian telecom enterpreneur
Anand Jain, Jai Corp Limited, Wealthy Indians
Rajesh Agrawal, Chairman & CEO of RationalFX, *Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon, Wealthy Indians
Rajat Gupta, Management Guru
Vinod Agarwal, Businessman & Scientist
Vinod Gupta, CEO of infoGROUP
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Bhaskar group
Sajjan Jindal, Jindal Steel, Wealthy Indians
Anupam Mittal, founder of shaadi.com and People Group
[edit] Writers
Vibudh Shridhar, author and poet, composer of several texts
Bharatendu Harishchandra Hindi pioneer
Babu Gulabrai, eminent Hindi writer and philosopher
Hanuman Prasad Poddar, editor of Kalyan
Kaka Hathrasi real name (Prabhulal Garg)
Kedarnath Agarwal
Sita Ram Goel - eminent historian, writer and publisher
Vasudev Sharan Agrawal - eminent historian, writer
Jinendra Varni compiler of 5 volume "Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha" and Saman Suttam compilation[1].
Ishwar Chandra Gupta
[edit] Politicians
Rammanohar Lohia, humanist politician
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of state in Ministry of Finance.
Bobby Jindal, Current Governor Of Louisiana, USA
Naveen Jindal: MP from Kurukshetra and an Industralist
Satish Chandra Agrawal- state minister in Morarji Desai government
Banarsi Das Gupta- former Chief Minister of Haryana
Krishana Kumar Goyal-state minister in Desai government
Ved Prakash Goyal- cabinet minister in Vajpayee government
Vijay Goel- former minister
Ramdas Agarwal-BJP national Treasuer
Ram Prakash Gupta-UP CM
Chaman Lal Gupta- minister
Chandra Bhanu Gupta- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Dharma Vira-governor
Dhirendra Agarwal-M.P.
Surendra Prakash Goyal-M.P.
Jai Parkash Aggarwal- Member, Rajya Sabha & President, New Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
Jay Goyal
Victor Agarwal, Labour Group Leader Surrey County Council - The first Asian to be elected to Surrey County Council
Rajeev Bindal- Health Minister, Himachal Pradesh, India (BJP)
Kalicharan Saraf- MLA and Former Minister, Rajasthan
[edit] Sportspeople
Sandhya Agarwal- Test cricketer
Asha Agarwal-Marathon champion
Neha Aggarwal-Olympian
Om Agarwal-Billiards
Pushpendra Garg-rowing
Suresh Goel-badminton champion
Abhinn Shyam Gupta-
Abhijeet Gupta-Chess master
Rajinder Goel- Cricketer, Ranji player with most wickets
Ankit Aggarwal-cricketer
Ashok Garg- Wrestler and Arjuna award winner
Sandip Gupta
Karan Goel- Opening batsman, Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League
Subhash Agarwal
[edit] Film & television personalities
Shubha MudgalShubha Mudgal, Well known Indian Singer
Aarti Agarwal, Actress, Telugu film industry
Surily Goel, Fashion Designer
Sanjay Gupta (director), Famous Bollywood director
Neena Gupta-actress
Vipasha Agarwal, Model & Actress
Anu Agarwal,actress
Kajal Agarwal,actress
Sonia Agarwal,actress
Shruti Agrawal,actress
Kritika Singhal,actress
Additi Gupta,actress
Sooraj Barjatya,director
Rajendra Gupta,director
Ravi Agarwal,Producer
[edit] Scientists
Bhagwan Das Indian theosophist, awarded Bharat Ratna
Ram Narain Agarwal- Agni
Dr.Atma Ram - Former Director General of CSIR and NCST Chairman. Awarded Padma Shree
[edit] Engineers
Sir Ganga Ram: First modern engineer in India
Jai Krishna- Earthquake specialist
[edit] Doctors
Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent & Neurosurgeon
B.K.Goyal-Heart surgeon
Mukesh Agrawal-well known pediatrician (Author of "Text Book of Pediatrics" and co-author of "Immunization For Children" and "Trends In Clinical Pediatrics")
[edit] Lawyers
Shanti Bhushan
[edit] Journalists
Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief The Indian Express
[edit] Educationists
Shiv Prasad Gupta
Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai, women's education pioneer
[edit] Academics
Manindra Agrawal - prize-winning Computer Scientist and mathematician.
Bina Agarwal
Anant Agarwal
[edit] Others
Ashok Singhal-VHP leader
Jagmohan Dalmiya-cricket administrator
Bimal Jalan-RBI governor
Dharma Vira Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Sudarshan Agarwal-governor of Sikkim and Uttarakhand
Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)
Anil K. Rajvanshi- renewable energy and rural development expert
D. P. Agrawal-Indologist, archaeologist
S. P. Gupta-Indologist, archaeologist
Zubeen Garg- singer and composer
Aditya Mittal
Deepanshu Goel, Entrepreneur
Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent
Naresh Goyal, American born Indian businessman and founder …
Jay Goyal, Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Megh R. Goyal, an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Award winners
[edit] Bharat Ratna
Bhagwan Das
[edit] Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Year-2005 field-Medicine
Sh. Laxmi Niwas Mittal Year-2008 Field-Trade & Industry
Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj Year-2009 Field-Medicine
[edit] Padma Bhushan
Shri Radha Krishan Gupta Field-civil Service Year-1954 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Janaki Devi Bajaj Field-Social Work Year-1956 State-Madhya Pradesh Country-India
Shri Akshy Kumar Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1967 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Gujarmal Modi Field-Trade & Industry Year-1968 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Keshav Prasad Goenka Field-Trade & Industry Year-1969 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Giri Lal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Hans Raj Gupta Field-Public affairs Year-1970 State-Haryana Country-India
Shri Jainendra K. Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1971 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Krishna Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Bharatram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri. Shrijans Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1988 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1990 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Others Year-2000 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2000 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Hem Lata Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1998 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Rahul Bajaj Field-Trade & Industr Year-2001 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Vishnu Prabhakar Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Smt. Dewaki Jain Field-Social Work Year-2005 State-Karnatak Country-India
Dr. Jaiveer Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-2006 State-Tamilnadu Country-India
Shri Sunil Bharti Mittal Field-Trade & Industry Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shekhar Gupta Field-Journalism Year-2009 State-Delhi Country-India
[edit] Padma Shree
Dr. Atma Ram Field-Trade & Industry Year-1959 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Sumant kishore Jain Field-Civil Service Year-1963 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Mona Chandravati Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1965 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Amarnath Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1968 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1969 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ghanshyam Das Goyal Field-Social Work Year-1970 State-Karnataka Country-India
Smt. Surendra Bansi Dhar Gupta Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Ishwar Chandra Gupta Field-Civil Service Year-1972 State-Chandigarh Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Dabriwala Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Badri Prasad Bajoria Field-Social Work Year-1972 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Shyam Lal Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-1973 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Dr. Narendra Sinh Jain Field-Medicine Year-1973 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Indra Kumar Gupta Field-Civil service Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jogindra Lal Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1974 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Suraj Mal Aggarwal Field-Civil Service Year-1975 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Mittal Field-Civil service Year-1976 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Hari Krishna Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-1981 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Niranjan Das Aggarwal Field-Medicine Year-1982 State-Punjab Country-India
Dr. Bal Kishan Goyal Field-Medicine Year-1984 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Shri Prabhu Dayal Garg Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Kaka Hathrasi Field-Literature & Education Year-1985 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Shri Om B Aggarwal Field-Sports Year-1985 State-West Bangal Country-India
Shri Anil Kumar Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-1986 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Saroj Kumar Gupta Field-Medicine Year-1987 State-West Bengal Country-India
Shri Ram Narain Aggarwal Field-Science & Engineering Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Yash Pal Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-1990 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Jagdish Chandra Mittal Field-Arts Year-1990 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Bimal Prasad Jain Field-Social Work Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Goel Field-Medicine Year-1991 State-Uttar Pradesh Country-India
Smt. Shila Jhunjhunwala Field-Literature & Education Year-1991 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Shanti Lal Jain Field-Arts Year-1992 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Prem Shankar Goel Field-Science & Engineering Year-2001 State-Karnataka Country-India
Shri Gyan Chand Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2002 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Field-Science & Engineering Year-2003 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Prof. Ram Gopal Bajaj Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Shri Nemi Chandra Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Om Prakash Jain Field-Arts Year-2003 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. (Smt.) Sunita Jain Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Delhi Country-India
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta Field-Literature & Education Year-2004 State-Gujrat Country-India
Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Andhra Pradesh Country-India
Prof. Narendra Kumar Gupta Field-Science & Engineering Year-2006 State-Karnataka Country-India
Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Shri Sushil Gupta Field-Social Work Year-2007 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. (Smt.) Bina Aggarwal Field-Literature & Education Year-2008 State-Delhi Country-India
Dr. Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain Field-Science & Engineering Year-2008 State-Maharashtra Country-India
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain Field-Medicine Year-2008 State-Uttarakhand Country-India
Shri Kailash Chandra Agrawal Field-Social Work Year-2008 State-Rajasthan Country-India
Dr. A.K. Gupta Field-Medicine Year-2009 State-Maharashtra Country-India
[edit] Personalities in Guiness Book of World Records
Shri Vijaypat Singhania :- Who has made record by flying from to London to Delhi by his Micro Light Aeroplane.
Shri. Rajedraprasad Goyal :- He has made a record by walking 1,75,000 km. through out world.
[edit] Famous Agrawal Houses
Some Agrawal families have been prominent for several generations, in most cases they became prominent in 1930s. These include
Dalmia
Singhania
Sahu Jain
Bajaj
Goenka
Garodia
Mittal
Piramal
Bagla
Some of the others, like the Birla (Maheshwari), Sarabhai (Shrimal Jain), Walchand Hirachand (Humad) are not Agrawal, but share similar backgrounds and values.
[edit] See also
Agrawal
[edit] References
1.^ Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan
[edit] External links
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Great Personalities Of Agrawal Community
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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