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Arya Samaj was founded in nineteenth century by Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He was identified with social and moral revival of nation at that time. A group of staunch Arya Samajists and some prominent persons of the society decided in 1885 to achieve goals of Maharishi Swami Dayanand in enlightening the society with modern education and accelerating the pace of freedom movement and fighting against the policies of British Govt. tactfully. They formed Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society and got it registered in 1885 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. This was the beginning of a movement popularly known as the �D.A.V. Movement�.
The first institution of Society was established on June 1, 1885 at Lahore (D.A.V. School) and Mahatma Hans Raj was its honorary Headmaster. The school was converted into College in 1886 with Mahatma Hansraj, the then Headmaster of the School as its Honorary Principal. He served the society on honorary basis with humility, dedication and missionary spirit. The movement was nurtured, among others, by eminent public men and great patriots of those times like Lala Lajpat Rai, Lala Lal Chand, Bhai Parma Nand, Lala Dwarka Dass, Lala Durga Dass, Principal Sain Dass, Bakshi Ram Rattan, Dr. Mukund Lai Puri, Bakshi Tek Chand and Pandit Mehar Chand. The sapling that was planted in 1886 soon blossomed into a huge D.A.V. Organisation and within a span of a few years, a chain of D.A.V. Institutions sprang up with emphasis on Indian thought and cultural values.
After the partition of India in 1947, this College was rehabilitated in Ambala City. Great stalwarts like Principal Bhagwan Dass, Dr. G.L. Datta, Lala Suraj Bhan and Prof. Ved Vyasji did yeoman�s service in its rehabilitation, growth and progress. Presently Padamshree Shri G.P. Chopra is heading this great organisation D.A.V. College Managing Committee. Today thousands of its students have risen to eminence as administrators, lawyers, educationists, doctors, engineers and industrialists.
D.A.V. College (Lahore), Ambala City, the first College of D.A.V. movement, is situated near Jagadhri Gate which is the centre of business and commerce. It is spread
on an area of 15.59 acres with lush green campus, a sprawling Playground, multistoreyed campus building housing Arts Block, Science Block, Commerce Block and Post-Graduate Block. The college has three Computer Labs, one Electronics Lab, three Chemistry Labs, one Microbiology Lab, three Physics Labs, three Biology Labs, one Biotechnology Lab, one Home Science Lab and two Geography Labs. There is a well stocked library consisting of about 65000 books including a vast collection of old, rare and relevant books of all types of knowledge be it scientific, literary, business, general awareness, competition, employment information and so on. A Conference Hall with audio-visual facilities has been built to hold seminars, workshops, group discussions and lectures. The College has a full fledged teachers� colony consisting of 14 flats. Accommodation has been provided to the non-teaching faculty in the newly built housing complex where eight one room sets have been built. Two separate Sports Complexes have been built for providing indoor and outdoor facilities. The college has its own Basketball Complex, Hockey arena and Indoor Badminton Hall. Routine University and Inter University games are periodically held in its vast playgrounds and the students are groomed to become the stalwarts of sports. The famous Cricketer Chetan Sharma has been a proud product of this College.
D.A.V. College Managing Committee, New Delhi has declared this college as Heritage College.
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