Agarwal
Agrawal (anglicised as Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla, Aggarwal, Agarawal, Agarawala) is a Bania community found throughout northern, central and western India, mainly in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Members of the Agarwal community were also found in what are now the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh, though at the time of the partition of India, most of them migrated across the newly created border to independent India. Most Agarwals follow the Vaishnava denomination of Hinduism, though some have converted to Jainism.[8][2] Agrawals are divided into eighteen exogamous clans (gotras).
 Maharaja Agrasen, the legendary king from whom Agrawals claim descent | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India, Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Hindi, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Hariyanvi | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Vaishnava Hinduism Minority: Jainism, Islam, Christianity[1][2] |
Members of the Agrawal community are known for their business skills and have for many years been influential and prosperous in India. Even in modern-day tech and ecommerce companies, they continue to dominate. It was reported in 2013, that for every 100 in funding for e-commerce companies in India, 40 went to firms founded by an Agrawal.
- ↑ Harrison, Selig S. (8 December 2015). India: The Most Dangerous Decades. Princeton University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4008-7780-5.
Some subsects of the Oswals and Agarwals were converted to Jainism in the 16th century.
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