Kansal is a surname originating in northern India. It is one of the Gotra of Agarwal Community.

According to legend, King Agrasen had 18 children and divided his kingdom among them, hence establishing the 18 gotras. Collectively, the 18 gotras are known as Agarwal, one of the most influential trading communities in northern India. During the Mughal rule, and during the British East India Company administration, some Agrawals migrated to Bihar and Calcutta, who became the major component of the Marwaris

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The Agarwal caste is also popularly known as Baniya. Members of the Agrawal community are known for their extraordinary business skills and have for many years been influential and prosperous in India. Even in modern-day tech and ecommerce companies, they continue to dominate. It was reported in 2013, that for every 100 in funding for e-commerce companies in India, 40 went to firms founded by Agarwals

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Notable people

Prominent contributors in business

Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta Limited

Radhe Shyam Agarwal, co-founder and executive chairman of Emami

Raamdeo Agrawal, co founder of Motilal Oswal Group

Sanjay Agarwal, MD & CEO of AU Small Finance Bank

Narendra Bansal, founder and owner of Intex Technologies

Naresh Goyal, founder, Jet Airways

Subhash Chandra, chairman of Essel Group

Sanjay Dalmia, chairman of Dalmia group

Rohtas Goel, founder of Omaxe

Qimat Rai Gupta,Founder and MD Havells

Om Prakash Jindal, founder and owner of the Jindal Group

Savitri Jindal, chairperson of JSW Steel

Lakshman Das Mittal, owner and chairman of Sonalika Group

Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal

Som Mittal, former president of NASSCOM

Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Airtel

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO, Oyo Rooms

Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO, Ola Cabs

Dinesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of IndiaMART

Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter

Binny Bansal, co-founder, Flipkart

Jyoti Bansal, founder, AppDynamics

Mukesh Bansal, co-founder and former CEO, Myntra, co-founder and CEO Cure Fit

Rohit Bansal, co-founder and COO, Snapdeal

Sachin Bansal, co-founder, Flipkart

Kavin Bharti Mittal, founder, hike Messenger

See also

Aggarwal

Vaishya

References

Gotras of Agarwal

Surnames of Indian origin

Aggarwal

Kansal