The City of Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan is one of the older towns of Pakistan. It is in Punjab and separated from the Faisalabad District in 1982. Named after a Sikh religious figure Tek Singh. Legend has it that Mr. Singh a kind hearted man served water and provided shelter to the worn out and thirsty travellers passing by a small pond ("TOBA" in Punjabi) which eventually was called Toba Tek Singh, and the surrounding settlement acquired the same name. During 1970's, when many Pakistani cities were renamed in an effort to "Islamize", Toba Tek Singh remained one of the very few cities to maintain it's original name.
Toba Tek Singh occupies 3252 square kilometers and is made up of large areas of lowlands that flood regularly during the rainy season; the floods originate frequently from the Ravi River that runs along the southern and southeastern borders.toba tek use to have a big sikh population but majority of them where whiped out in the set up riots.
A census carried out in 1998 reported a population of 1,621,593 of which 18.43% were urban.[1]
Administration
The district has three tehsils: Kamalia, Gojra and Toba Tek Singh itself.
Toba Tek Singh is district of Faisalabad division and other district of Faisalabad division is Jhang and Faisalabad itself.
Major towns in Toba Tek Singh District are: Toba Tek Singh, Gojra, Kamalia, Pirmahal, Rajana, Snadhilianwali,
Famous People
Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [2] who wrote a screenplay "Toba Tek Singh" [3] which was directed by Afia Nathaniel [4] in 2005.
Chaudhry Mukhtar Ahmed Nusrat, a politician who started the first free medical hospital and donated prime land for the school.
Mohammad Sarwar (born 18 August 1952, Toba Tek Singh), a politician in the United Kingdom who served as the Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Central, Scotland. He was the UK's first Muslim MP, and an opponent of the 2003 Iraq war.
Chaudhry Faisal Qazafi, a politician and businessman who started a new trend in politics to solve people's problems at their door step.
Ali Akbar A well educated man. Worked in Habib Bank for a very long time. Is now retired and is father of 8 children. Also is father of 2 children that are in US. Their names are Nighat and Mohammad Rashid Mahmoud. Now lives in Gojra. Is about 65 years old.
Iqbal Chaudry A man from the village of 290. Is currently residing in Jersey City, NJ. Owns his own trucking business and has three children. He is about 43 years old. He also has property in Toba Tek Singh and also has a brother in U.S.A. whose name is Yousaf Chaudry. They both donated money for Toba Tek Singh. Also his brother named Qasim is chairman.