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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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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