| Maharaja
Agrasen |
The
Messenger of Peace, Emperor Maharaja
Agrasen was born to King Ballabh of Pratapnagar. According to
current calendar the birth of Maharaja Agrasen took place about
5000 years ago. King Ballabh was a Suryavamshi ( lineage from the
Sun). He was the eldest son . According to the Mahalakshmi Vrath,
the age then was the last stages of Dvaapar Yug. Agroha / Agra
Republic was established around 51 years before the war of
Mahabarat. According to writers of (1) Bhavishya Puran Ke
Agravansh , (2) Vanishanukirtnam and (3) Uru Charitam Maharaja
Agrasen ruled some 5000 years back over Agroha around the time of
Mahabharat. This belief is testified by the mention of the
republican state of Agrayan in a couplet shloka of the great epic
Mahabharata . Even when he was very young , Prince Agrasen was
very well known for his compassion . He never discriminated
against anyone and the subjects were very pleased with the way he
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| Agroha |
Agroha, located
about 20 Km's North-West of the City of Hissar in the State of
Haryana in India, was once a very prosperous city . However , it
has changed a lot due to the ravages of time. Present day Agroha
village is about 2.5 Km. from the old Agroha City . Agroha was the
Republican State consisting of 18 state units. The residents of
these states were known as Yodhya and Agraya. Some of the writings
on the coins that have been excavated from the site of ancient
Agroha are (1)Yodhyanam Bahu Dhanya Kanam (2) Yodhya Ganasya
Jaya (3)Yodhyanam Jaimantra Shalinam.The Agroha republic was
renowned for its bravery and prosperity. However over the time it
could not stand the foreign invasions of Hunas, Greeks and Yavanas,
who invaded the north India disintegrating various kingdoms in
Punjab . The disintegrated Agroha led to the migration of the
residents of Agroha to other parts of the country viz. Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Malwa, however they derived a common
name Aggarwals i.e.Agroha-Wale. |
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| First
Efforts at Modernisation |
Businessmen Seth
Bholaram Dalmiya and Lala Samval Ram established a Goshalain 1914
and Shree Ramjidas Bajoriya of Calcutta built the Temple
dedicated to Agrasen and established a Dharmashala ( a place for
poor people) in 1939.In April, 1975, a All India Aggarwal
Convention (Akhila Bharatiya Aggarwal Sammelan) was held in New
Delhi. At this convention a plan was adopted for the development
of Agroha . In 1976 , the Agroha Vikas Trust was
established. |
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| Expansion
of the Agroha Vikas Trust |
The Aggarwal
Engineering and Technical Society gave 23 acres of land to the
Agrawal Vikas Trust. Through the effort of the Convention Director
Shri. Shrikishan Modi, the work on the Agrasen Temple was started.
In May, 1982, the sanctum of the Temple was completed. The Akhila
Bharatiya Aggarwal Sammelan opened the Temple by organising the
first Aggarwal Kumbha Mela. It was a historic occasion where more
than 50,000 people of the Aggarwal parivaar participated. A 300 x
400 feet Tank called Shakti Sarovar was constructed by Sharad
Purnima in 1986. A beautiful image of Samudra Manthan was
installed in the middle of Shakti Sarovar. |
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| Concept
Of Gotras |
Maharaj Agrasen
established the republican state of Agroha. Agroha consisted of 18
state units. The head of each state unit was given a Gotra. All
the residents of that particular state unit were identified by
that Gotra. It was maintained by Maharaj Agrasen that a nupital
alliance could not take place in the same Gotra. That is a girl of
Goel Gotra could not marry a Goel Gotra boy , but could be married
in any of the other 17 Gotra. This rule enunciated by Maharaj
Agrasen promoted harmony and brotherhood among all the 18 Gotra
represented by state units. This facilitated promotion of unity
and nationalism among the state units. |
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| Agrawal
Gotra |
Garg, Mangal,
Kucchal, Goyan, Goyal, Bansal, Kansal, Singhal, Jindal, Thingal,
Airan, Dharan, Madhukul, Bindal, Mittal, Tayal, Bhandal, Naagal. |
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