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India's Agrawal community: Its history and prominent personalities

New  Delhi: The Agrawals, who belong to the large Vaishya community, are found in almost every part of India. They are also known as Banias because of their occupation.  The term `Vaishya` is very comprehensive

PTI Published : Nov 16, 2012 23:27 IST, Updated : Mar 21, 2013 17:49 IST
Engineers:



Sir Ganga Ram: often referred to as the ‘Father of modern Lahore', first modern engineer in India and a leading philanthropist and agriculturist of his times. 



He built Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Lahore in 1921, Lady Mclagan School and Renala Khurd Power House with his own money.



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