# Government Dayal Singh 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.

## 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.

## 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)
* Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science
* 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