Sahgal family
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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 1890 he relocated to Kolkatta. The shoe shop he started there evolved into one of the biggest rubber manufacturers of South Asia
prior to 1947.
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
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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The Saigol family belong to the Sahgal
Sahgal Group
The Saigol Group is a term used to describe a group of companies owned by one of Pakistan's wealthiest families, the Saigols. The family and its companies is based in Lahore, Pakistan....
clan of the Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
Khatri
Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
community. Amin Saigol, the founder of the Saigol business family, was from the village of Khotian
Khotian
Khotian is a village in Union Council Basharat, of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan It is part of Choa Saidanshah Tehsil.-References:...
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
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. This village is now known as Saigolabad. In 1890 he relocated to Kolkatta. The shoe shop he started there evolved into one of the biggest rubber manufacturers of South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
prior to 1947.