Dyal Singh College

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Dyal Singh is a college affiliated to the Delhi University. It is located in New Delhi, India.

DYAL SINGH COLLEGE was founded in accordance with the will of Sardar Dyal Singh, one of the greatest sons of Punjab, in Lahore. Sardar Dyal Singh belonged to the Shergil or Gill clan of Sardars of Majitha village near Amritsar. He is also well-known as the “Founder of The Tribune” and one who bequeathed his largely self-earned assets including prestigious buildings in Lahore and lands in Amritsar, Lahore and Gurdaspur districts worth about Rs.30 lakh in 1898 to two trusts which established Dyal Singh College and Dyal Singh Public Library in Lahore. Sardar Dyal Singh Majitha was a great philanthropist and lover of education. A man of great vision and action, he donated all his assets for the propagation of education. He had an unusually farsighted vision. He wanted to generate a scientific outlook in the minds of the common people who suffered from blind faith and superstition. He wanted to eradicate orthodox and irrelevant views.

Its current principal is Sardar Inderjeet Singh Bakshi.