Agrawals: The Business Mind of India – From Empires to Enterprises

If Maharaja Agrasen taught the value of shared prosperity, his descendants perfected it. Across history, Agrawals have been known as one of India’s most enterprising and philanthropic communities — balancing commerce with conscience.

During India’s independence era, Agrawal industrialists and traders played a quiet but crucial role in building the nation’s economy. Families behind legendary business houses — from Birla and Bajaj to Dalmia and Goenka — were part of this Agrawal legacy of entrepreneurship.

In the new India, this spirit has taken a modern form through startups and innovation. Many of India’s most successful technology companies — including Flipkart (Sachin & Binny Bansal), Zomato (Deepinder Goyal), OYO (Ritesh Agarwal), and OfBusiness (Asish Mohapatra & Ruchi Kalra) — have been founded or led by Agrawals. The same values that built Agroha’s economy — trust, fairness, and shared success — continue to power these new-age ventures.

From ancient traders to modern technologists, Agrawals have always stood for enterprise with ethics. Whether running small businesses or billion-dollar startups, they carry the timeless lesson of Maharaja Agrasen: true wealth is not in what you earn, but in what you share.