Dayal Singh College (Lahore)

Government Dyal Singh College, Lahore
Established 1910
Location Lahore, Pakistan
Campus Nisbat Road, Lahore
Affiliations University of the Punjab
Website Government Dyal Singh College, Lahore
Government Dyal Singh College, Lahore

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: white shirt and steel-grey trousers or white shalwar qameez
  • Winter: white shirt and steel-grey trousers or white 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

  • Qaiser Ali Agha,writer,educator

References

  1. ↑ Colleges affiliated with University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  2. ↑ Dyal Singh College Lahore at University of Alberta website

Coordinates: 31°34′09″N 74°19′29″E / 31.5693°N 74.3247°E / 31.5693; 74.3247

Dyal Singh Majithia

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