page_title: Maharshi Dayanand University
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Maharshi Dayanand University / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The university library system comprises a central library (the Vivekananda Library) seven satellite libraries in management, law, engineering, mathematics, hotel management and departmental libraries in the departments of sociology and history.
context_page_description: Maharshi Dayanand University is a university in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati, the university offers courses in a number of fields of study at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Besides offering courses on campus & Distance mode, it is a collegiate university which provides programs through colleges, institutes and centers throughout the region. It is accredited with an 'A+' grade by NAAC.
context_section_description: The university was established as Rohtak University in 1976 following the passing of Act No. 25 of 1975 of the Haryana Legislative Assembly (voted on in 1976), with the objective of promoting interdisciplinary higher education and research in the fields of environmental, ecological and life sciences. It was renamed Maharshi Dayanand University in 1977 after the visionary and social reformer, Maharshi Dayanand. It had a unitary and residential character in its nascent stage but became an affiliating university in November 1978. The university secured the recognition of the University Grants Commission in February 1983.
  From its original objective of studies in the life sciences, the university has grown to 13 faculties, with 27 postgraduate departments and 77 academic programs on campus. There are 66 boards of studies for developing and designing courses. In addition to the main campus, the university has a satellite campus at the University Institute of Law & Management Studies at Gurgaon.
  
  A former satellite campus, the Indira Gandhi Post Graduate Regional Center in Rewari, was awarded university status on its own (as Indira Gandhi University) in April 2013.
caption: Vivekanand Central Library At MDU Campus .
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