List of distinguished Agrawals
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This is a partial list of prominent Agrawals.
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[edit] Historical
[edit] British Period
- Bharatendu Harishchandra Hindi pioneer
- Sir Ganga Ram: First modern engineer in India
- Lala Lajpat Rai: Freedom fighter
- Jamnalal Bajaj: Gandhian and industrialist
- Bhagwandas Bagla, First Marwari millionaire, popularized rasgulla
- Jayadayalji Goyandka, founder of Gita Press
- Ramnath Goenka, founder of Indian Express
[edit] Post-Independence (1947-2000)
- Rammanohar Lohia: Humanist politician
- Hanuman Prasad Poddar, editor of Kalyan
[edit] Living
- Subhash Goyal :- The Chairman of the Agroha Vikas Trust & owner of ZEE TV
- R. P. Goenka - Industrialist (RPG Group)
- D. C. Singhania, Industralist (JK Organisation)
- Laxmikant Mittal, Industralist
- L. S. Kanodiya,Industralist
- Bimal Jalan: Governor, Reserve Bank of India
- Brij Mohan Khaitan,Industralist
- Shobhna Bhartiya, Executive director of the Hindustan Times
- Lakshmi Mittal, Arcelor Mittal steel
- Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways
- Anil Agarwal, Vendata
- Bharat Goenka, Tally Solutions
- Gunjan Bagla, MD Amritt Ventures, California, Author Doing Business in 21st Centuru India
- Victor Agarwal Labour Group Leader Surrey County Council - The first Asian to be elected to Surrey County Council and at the age of 29
- Anjali Agrawal - Pasadena Tournament of Roses Princess 2003
- Dr. S.P. Agarwal Director General of Health Services (DGHS)
[edit] Famous Agrawal Houses
Some Agrawal families have been prominent for several generations, in most cases they became prominent in 1930s. These include
Some of the others, like the Birla (Maheshwari), Sarabhai (Shrimal Jain), Walchand Hirachand(Humad) are not Agrawal, but share similar backgrounds and values.
