Government Dayal Singh College, Lahore

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Government Dyal Singh Graduate College, Lahore
Established1910
Principal Dr. Muhammad Hamad Ashraf
Postgraduates Post Graduate College
Location,
Pakistan
Campus Nisbat Road, Lahore
Affiliations University of the Punjab
Website gdscl.edu.pk
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Government Dyal Singh Graduate College, Lahore

Government Dyal Singh Graduate College, Lahore is a college for graduate and post-graduate students affiliated to Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore and University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. [1]

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History

The college was founded in accordance with the will Dyal Singh, in Lahore to implant Brahmo ideas. During Socio-Cultural reform movement in Indian subcontinent , in 1910 , Dayal singh was influenced by rational , scientific ideas of Brahmo samaj (started by Raja Rammohan Roy) . He is known as the "founder of The Tribune " and the one who bequeathed his largely self-earned assets including buildings in Lahore and land in Amritsar, Lahore and Gurdaspur districts worth about Rs.30 lakh in 1898 to two trusts that established Dyal Singh College and Dyal Singh Public Library in Lahore.

The college was run by an educational trust, consisted of Dayal Singh College, Dayal Singh Library, Dayal Singh Majithia Hall and Dayal Singh Mansions at The Mall Lahore, adjacent to Lahore High Court.

Dyal Singh was a philanthropist and a lover of education. A man of great vision and action, he donated all his assets for the propagation of education. He gave almost all his property in Lahore, Pakistan for the establishment of the college. [2]

Programs offered

HSSC groups

Compulsory subjects:

Pre-medical - Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Pre-engineering - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

General Science - Statistics, Mathematics, Economics

Computer Science (ICS)

Commerce group (I.COM) - Accounting, Economics, Business, Math, Principals of Commerce

Arts group

BSc. groups

Compulsory subjects:

Bachelor of Science

B.A groups Compulsory subjects:

Bachelor of Arts

B.COM (IT) group

Masters

College uniform

Location

The college is on Nisbat Road, near Lakshami Chowk, Lahore, Pakistan.

Notable faculty members

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References

  1. "Colleges affiliated with University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan". Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  2. Dyal Singh College Lahore Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at University of Alberta website

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