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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 Updated on: March 21, 2013 17:49 IST
Notable personalities of the community:


 

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal: Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, born 15 June 1950, is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaking company.



Mittal is the richest man living in Europe and the richest man with an Asian nationality.  

Despite being the wealthiest man in Britain, he does not hold British citizenship.He was ranked the sixth richest person in the world by Forbes in 2011, but dropped to 21st place in 2012, due to having lost $10.4 billion the previous year.

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