Saigolabad is a small town in Chakwal District

Chakwal District

Chakwal is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Chakwal district was created in 1985; until the year 2000 when divisions were abolished, it was part of Rawalpindi Division.-Administration:...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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It was formerly known as the village of Khothiaan, and was named after the Khoti

Khoti

The Khoti are a gotra of Jats, found in the Punjab region of Pakistan.-History and origin:According to the traditions of the tribe, the Khoti are descendent from a Raja Kang...

 tribe of Jats, who still make up the majority of the population. Amin Saigol

Amin Saigol

Amin Saigol was a businessman of Punjab, Pakistan.The Saigol family belong to the Sahgal clan of the Muslim Khatri community. Amin Saigol, the founder of the Saigol business family, was from the village of Khotian in Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. This village is now known as Saigolabad. In...

, a Chakwali Shaikh

Punjabi Shaikh

Sheikh , is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, Honorable revered old man, or Islamic scholar. In South Asia it is used as an ethnic title generally attributed to Muslim trading families....

 and the founder of the wealthy Saigols family was from the village of Khotian. Over time, the village became associated with Sahgal family, and was re-named Sahgalabad or in English the settlement of the Sahgal. The Sahgal family financed the construction of a school

School

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 and hostel

Hostel

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in Saigolabad in the 1950s. This is known as Saigolabad Model High School.