PGDAV College (Eve.)

ABOUT

Overview

After the sad demise of Swami Dayanand Saraswati (October 30, 1883), it became vital to continue his legacy by spreading education, rooting out illiteracy of the mind and soul and eradicating the socio-religious evils prevailing in the contemporary society. The establishment of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Trust and Management, popularly known as DAV movement saw the opening of the first DAV School at Lahore on June 1, 1886 with Lala Hans Raj as its headmaster. This school was later transformed into a college on April 28, 1888 with Lala Hans Raj as its first Principal. The DAV movement was the result of the dialectical interplay between the forces of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, revivalism and reform, faith and reason under the leadership of Rai Bahadur Lala Lal Chand (1852-1912), Mahatma Hans Raj (1864-1938), Pt. Guru Dutta Vidyarthi (1864-1890), Lala Lajpat rai (1865-1928), Bhai Parmanand (1874-1947), Lala Durga Das, Principal Sain Das (1840-1890), Bakshi Ram Rattan, Dr. Mukund Lal Puri, Meher Chand, etc. The DAV movement presently, has 780 institutions in India and abroad.

AT A GLANCE

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ACADEMICS

Courses offered

1 programme at PGDAV College (Eve.)