Dayal Singh College (Lahore)
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Established | 1910 |
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Location | Lahore, Pakistan |
Campus | Nisbat Road, Lahore |
Affiliations | University of the Punjab |
Website | Government Dyal Singh College, Lahore |
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Government Dayal Singh College, Lahore is a college for graduate and post-graduate students affiliated to the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.[1]
History
The college was founded in accordance with the will of Sardar Dyal Singh, in Lahore. Sardar Dyal Singh belonged to the Shergil or Gill clan of Sardars of Majitha village between Lahore and Amritsar, near Wahga Border. 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.
Sardar Dyal Singh Majitha 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:
- English
- Urdu
- Islamic Education/Pak. Studies
Pre-medical - Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Pre-engineering - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
General Science - Statistics, Mathematics, Economics
Computer Science (ICS)
- Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science
- Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science
- Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science
Commerce group (I.COM) - Accounting, Economics, Business, Math, Principals of Commerce
Arts group
- Economics, Civics, Education
- Economics, Civics, Punjabi
- Economics, Psychology, Education
- Islamiat, Civics, Education
- Islamiat, Civics, Punjabi
- Islamiat, Civics, Persian
- Islamiat, Civics, Arabic
- Islamiat, Civics, Urdu Advance
- Islamiat, Education, Arabic
- Islamiat, Education, Urdu Advance
- Islamiat, Education, Psychology
- Islamiat, Psychology, Persian
- Physical Education, Civics, Arabic
- Physical Education, Civics, Education
- Physical Education, Civics, Urdu Advance
- Physical Education, Civics, Punjabi
- Physical Education, Psychology, Education
- Physical Education, Psychology, Persian
- History, Psychology, Persian
- History, Psychology, Education
BSc. groups
Compulsory subjects:
- English
- Islamic Education
- Pak. Studies
Bachelor of Science
- Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (G)
- Economics, Statistics, Mathematics (G)
- Physics, Mathematics A course, Mathematics B course
- Statistics, Mathematics A course, Mathematics B course
B.A groups Compulsory subjects:
- English
- Islamic Education/Pak. Studies
Bachelor of Arts
- Economics,Education, Statistics (opt)
- Economics, Political Science, Statistics (opt)
- Economics, Political Science, Persian (opt)
- Economics, Punjabi, Arabic (opt)
- Islamiat, Arabic, Punjabi (opt)
- Islamiat, Education, Punjabi (opt)
- Islamiat, Education, Arabic (opt)
- Islamiat, Education, Persian (opt)
- Islamiat, Political Science, Punjabi (opt)
- Islamiat, Political Science, Arabic (opt)
- Islamiat, Political Science, Persian (opt)
- Islamiat, Punjabi, Urdu (opt)
- Islamiat, Punjabi, Arabic (opt)
- Islamiat, Punjabi, Persian (opt)
- Islamiat, History, Persian (opt)
- Islamiat, Education, Punjabi (opt)
- Islamiat, Persian, Urdu (opt)
- Economics History, Persian (opt)
- Economics, Persian, Arabic (opt)
B.COM (IT) group
- BC-301 Business Statistics & Mathematics
- BC-302 Computer Application in Business
- BC-303 Economics
- BC-304 Financial Accounting
- BC-305 Functional English
- BC-306 Introduction to Business
- BC-307 Money Banking And Finance
- BC-308 Islamic Studies / Ethical Behaviours
Masters
- MSc Mathematics
- MA English
College uniform
- Summer: sky blue shirt and steel-grey trousers or sky blue shalwar qameez
- Winter: sky blue shirt and steel-grey trousers or sky blue shalwar qameez, navy blue blazer/sweater/jersey
Location
The college is on Nisbat Road, near Lakshami Chowk, Lahore, Pakistan.
Notable faculty members
- Sadhu T.L. Vaswani, principal, 1912-1915
- Prof. Altaf Hussain Chahat, Chairman Department of English, 2000-2006
Notable alumni
- Ghulam Ali Kamboh, educator
References
Coordinates: 31°34′09″N 74°19′29″E / 31.5693°N 74.3247°E
External links
- University of the Punjab - Affiliation
- Govt. Dyal Singh College Lahore
- Panoramio Group
- Dyal Singh College Delhi
- Dyal Singh College Karnal
- Dyal Singh Public School Karnal
- Dyal Singh Public School Jagadhari
- Dayal Singh Trust Library Lahore