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Raja Aurangzeb Khan — The Pioneer

The Chaudrial of Dhani, Khan Bahadur, Raja Aurangzeb Khan, was the first in the Mair-Minhas family to champion education. While other landlords in the Punjab were doing their best to suppress education in their territories, Raja Aurangzeb Khan gave generous donations and property for the establishment of the school — earning praise from British government commissioners in reports as early as 1880.

Khan Sahib Raja Sarfraz Ali Khan — Government College

Raja Aurangzeb's son, Khan Sahib, Raja Sarfraz Ali Khan, promoted the tradition by patronising schools, setting up scholarships for deserving students, and providing the building for the Government Girls School. His biggest contribution was the foundation of Government College Chakwal in 1949, for which he donated one hundred thousand rupees and the central and most expensive piece of his own land. Apart from this, he set up the Sarfraz Fund to support poor students — enabling Chakwali youth to join the Army and Civil Services as Officers.

Family Commitment to Education

After Khan Sahib's passing, his family continued the mission. One daughter donated a primary school for girls in Chakwal. His sons donated land for three different schools in Faisalabad — a generational tradition of building education infrastructure across Punjab.

Raja Yassir Sarfraz — Myer's College is Born

Thirty years after Khan Sahib, his grandson Raja Yassir Sarfraz, son of Raja Humayun Sarfraz, decided to rejuvenate his family's mission in Chakwal. Consequently, he founded Myer's College — an institution he intends to establish on the pattern and standard set by the leading public schools of the country. Raja Yassir Sarfraz himself studied at Aitchison and then at the University of Florida, graduating with high honors in Computer and Information Sciences. He worked there for a while but then turned down many lucrative job offers as he had decided to serve his motherland and hometown. He always had a keen interest in Education and hence decided to become the managing member of the College Board of Governors.

It was decided to name the school after the first settler of this area, Raja Muhammad Mair, who also happens to be the direct ancestor of the Sarfraz family. The area of Dhani was one part of Jammu State of Dogra Rajputs. In the year 1190, Raja Baghir Dev, a Jamwal Prince, converted to Islam and decided to settle in this area. He was named Muhammad Mair after conversion. His descendants are known as Mair-Minhas Rajputs and were the taulqadars of the area until the British annexed it in 1849.

Straight A's — A Legacy of Excellence Begins

The first Myer's College student appeared in Cambridge International Examinations in 2005 and made national headlines by securing straight A's in all O Level subjects. Every year since, the college has maintained and surpassed this standard — with gold medals, international scholarships and global university placements continuing to this day.