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{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Agrasen Jayanti
|image = Shri Agrasen Maharaj.jpg
|caption = Idol of [[Agrasena]]
|nickname = Translation: Birth Anniversary of [[Agrasena]]; Agarsain Jayanti, Agrasen Maharaj Jayanti
|observedby = [[Hindu]], [[Jain]], [[Agrahari]],<ref>{{cite news |title=अग्रहरि समाज ने मनाई अग्रसेन जयंती|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/CHH-DURG-MAT-latest-bhilai-news-024503-612639-NOR.html|publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|date= Sep 26, 2014}}</ref> [[Agrawal]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Contests mark Agrasen jayanti celebration|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Contests-mark-Agrasen-jayanti-celebration/articleshow/213823.cms|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date= Oct 3, 2003}}</ref>
|date = First day of [[Navaratri]]
|observances =
|celebrations =
|longtype = Indian, Religious (Government holiday in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana)
|significance = Birth Anniversary of [[Agrasena]]
|date2014 = 25 September, Thursday<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.festivalsofindia.in/Shri-Agrasen-Jayanti/Index.aspx#sthash.b7c9IOLz.dpuf
|title=Shri Agrasen Jayanti 2014 - September 25 (Thursday)
|date= September 22, 2014
|work=
}}</ref>
|date2015=
|date2017 = 21 September
|date2018 = 10 October
|date2019 = 29 September
|date2020 = 17 October<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://festivalsofindia-bb-blog.blogspot.com/2015/10/agrasen-jayanti.html|title = Festivals of India: Agrasen Jayanti - 2017}}</ref>
|frequency= Annual
}}

'''Agrasen Jayanti''' (literally "Agrasen's birthday") is the birth anniversary celebrations of a legendary [[Hindu]] king [[Agrasena|Agrasen Maharaj]].<ref>[http://www.caclubindia.com/forum/happy-agrasen-jayanti-107877.asp#.VCRPWFc5HEQ Happy Agrasen Jayanti]</ref> He was king of [[Agroha Mound|Agroha]], and it was from him that the [[Agrawal]] caste originated. Agrasen Jayanti is observed on the fourth day of [[Ashwin]] month of [[Hindu calendar]].<ref name="People_of_India">{{cite book
|last = Singh
|first = Kumar Suresh
|author2 = B. V. Bhanu
|title = People of India
|year = 2004
|publisher = Popular Prakashan
|isbn = 81-7991-100-4
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DEAlCTxJowUC&q=agarwal+agroha&pg=PA46
|accessdate = 2007-04-19
|page = 46
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-government-declares-32-public-holidays/articleshow/10787304.cms
|title=UP government declares 32 public holidays
|date= Nov 19, 2011
|work=[[Times of India]]
}}</ref>

The Government of India issued a postage stamp in honor of Maharaja Agresen in 1976 on occasion of his 5100th Jayanti.<ref>[http://www.ebay.in/itm/India-1976-Maharaja-Agrasen-Jayanti-Phila-698-MNH-/171392003367 India 1976 Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti Phila-698 MNH]</ref>

== Public holiday ==
The UP state Government has officially declared holiday on the occasion of Agrasen Jayanti in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/religion/religion/article/0909/19/1090919023_1.htm
|title=कर्मयोगी लोकनायक थे महाराजा अग्रसेन
|date= May 31, 2014
|work=Web Duniya Hindi
}}</ref> In North Indian state of [[Haryana]], there is also a [[public holiday]] on Agrasen Jayanti.<ref>[http://publicholidays.in/haryana/ List of Public Holidays in Haryana (2014)]</ref> This day is a gazetted holiday in the state of Punjab and Haryana.<ref>[http://www.punjabdata.com/Punjab-Govt-Holidays-2018.aspx Govt Holidays in Punjab 2018]</ref>

== Celebration ==
{{Quotation|Maharaja Agrasen has taught us the lesson of unity and to help each other in the society.”
<ref>{{cite news
|title=Vice President's address at Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti celebrations
|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=43220
|publisher =Indian Express
|date=29 September 2008
|accessdate=
}}</ref>|[[Hamid Ansari]]|[[Vice President of India]] said on the occasion of Agrasen Jayanti in September, 2008}}

Devotees make special preparations to make Maharaja Jatin Kumar from Kapurthala special. The birth anniversary of divine leader Maharaja Agrasen with colorful procession and various cultural programmes which is conducted throughout the day at different places of the India.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://freepressjournal.in/agrasen-jayanti-celebrated-with-fervor/
|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140925181649/http://freepressjournal.in/agrasen-jayanti-celebrated-with-fervor/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=September 25, 2014
|title=Agrasen Jayanti celebrated with fervor
|date=September 22, 2014
|work=[[Free Press Journal]]
}}</ref> The Jayanti is celebrated by the [[Vaishya]] community with full religious devotion. Agrasena jayanti is celebrated in across India among [[Agrahari]], [[Agrawal]] and [[Jain]]. On this day, descendants of Agrasena busy themselves in social welfare activities. Free medical camps, food distribution and several cultural functions and program are taken up to spread the message of equality and brotherhood.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.news18.com/videos/uttarakhand/camps-on-ayurvedic-medicine-organised-on-maharaja-agrasen-jayanti-in-mussoorie-222659.html
|title=Camps on Ayurvedic medicine organised on Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti in Mussoorie
|date= Sep 25, 2014
|work=News 18
}}</ref> They honor Agrasen for his ideals in life and try to follow his footsteps.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/webdunia-city-madhyapradesh-mandsaur/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE-1110929012_1.htm
|title=अग्रसेन जयंती पर भव्य चल समारोह निकला
|date= 29 September 2011
|work=वेब दुनिया
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/article/MAT-CHH-c-248-33374-NOR.html
|title=महाराज अग्रसेन जयंती का शुभारंभ
|date=Oct 1, 2013
|work=Dainik Bhaskar
|language=hi
|access-date=September 25, 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040820/http://www.bhaskar.com/article/MAT-CHH-c-248-33374-NOR.html
|archive-date=August 8, 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20140924/2465244.html
|title=CM & Majithia felicitates people on Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti
|date= Sep 24, 2014
|work=News Web India
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://freepressjournal.in/agrasen-jayanti-mahotsava-to-be-a-grand-event/
|title=Agrasen Jayanti Mahotsava to be a grand event
|date=September 14, 2014
|work=[[Free Press Journal]]
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062959/http://freepressjournal.in/agrasen-jayanti-mahotsava-to-be-a-grand-event/
|archivedate=December 8, 2014
}}</ref>

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