List of Baniyas

This is a partial list of notable/famous people from Baniya community.

Freedom fighters

• Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), Indian independence activist.
• Kasturba Gandhi (1869–1944), Wife of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), - Father of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Ram Manohar Lohia - Quit India Movement fame and General Secretary of Praja Socialist Party
• Lala Lajpat Rai - Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as "Punjab Kesari"

Arts

• Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian award) awardee
• Sita Ram Goel, historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century
• Bharatendu Harishchandra, Known as the "father of modern Hindi literature and Hindi theatre"

Corporate and business

Technology and startups

• Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO, Ola Cabs and Ola Electric

Other businesses

• Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, Reliance Industries
• Jamnalal Bajaj, the adopted son of Mahatma Gandhi and the founder of the Bajaj Group of Industries
• Lalbhai Dalpatbhai (1863–1912), Gujarati industrialist
• Ramnath Goenka and family, Indian Express Limited
• Walchand Hirachand (1882–1953), Indian industrialist and founder of Walchand group
• Seth Hukumchand (1874–1959), Indian industrialist
• Khushalchand Jhaveri (1680–1748), Indian jeweller and financier
• Shantidas Jhaveri (1584–1659), Indian jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender
• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and Chartered Accountant, founder of Akasa Air
• Premchand Roychand (1832–1906), 19th century Indian businessman and founder of Bombay Stock Exchange
• Sarabhai family, a prominent Business family
• Jagat Seth family, merchant, banker and money lender family in Bengal

Politics and activists

Activists

• Sir Ganga Ram Agrawal, civil engineer and architect known as "the father of modern-day Lahore"

India

• Rekha Gupta, Politician, Chief Minister of Delhi
• Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi
• Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Co-operation, Member of Parliament (MP), President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Minister of State, Government of Gujarat

See also

• Agrawal Jain

References