Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta Group, is the richest man in India. However, he and his family is going through the toughest times of their life as he lost his 49-year-old son. For the unversed, Anil Agarwal lost his son, Agnivesh, due to a sudden cardiac arrest. He was admitted to a Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Anil Agarwal pens heart-wrenching note after losing his only son
On January 7, 2026, Anil Agarwal took to his social media account X, and called it the darkest day of his life. The mining mogul revealed that his son, Agnivesh was recovering after the skiing accident and his family was sure that they had left the toughtest days of their life behind, but they were wrong. A part of the note can be read as:
“Today is the darkest day of my life. My beloved son, Agnivesh, left us far too soon. He was just 49 years old, healthy, full of life, and dreams. Following a skiing accident in the US, he was recovering well in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. We believed the worst was behind us. But fate had other plans, and a sudden cardiac arrest snatched our son away from us.”