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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
Medieval 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

Ramji Das Gurwala, who donated large sums of money to Bahadur Shah Zafar during the 1857 revolt.


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