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Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi

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Government Post Graduate College, Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi
گورنمنٹ اصغر مال کالج، راولپنڈی
Other name
Asghar Mall College
MottoArabic: عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ یَعْلَمْ
(انسان کو سکھایا، جو وہ نہیں جانتا تھا)
Motto in English
Taught man that which he knew not
TypePublic
Established1913; 111 years ago (1913)
PrincipalKhushi Muhammad Nasir
Location
Rawalpindi
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan

33°37′45″N 73°03′31″E / 33.629159°N 73.058480°E / 33.629159; 73.058480
Colours    Blue, white, and grey
AffiliationsBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi
University of the Punjab
Websitegpgcam.edu.pk

Government Post Graduate College, Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, founded as Sanatan Dharma High School, is a historical and prominent government college in Rawalpindi. It was established in 1904 as a high school by Sanatan Dharma, a Hindu religious movement.[1]

History

In 1904 when a high school was established in Rawalpindi bearing the name of the renowned Hindu sect SANA'-TUN-DHARAM. The property of the school included the premises of the school itself and the adjacent temple. The present building was constructed for the first time in 1913.[1]

Pakistan was founded. The Education Department of the Government of Punjab announced that the SANA'-TUN-DHARAM school would be raised to the status of a college on 19 October 1948.[1]

Building

The college building infrastructure is divided into seven blocks & one auditorium:

  • Main Block
  • Science Block
  • Faisal Block
  • Johar Block
  • Jinnah Block
  • Post-Graduate Block
  • Administration Block
  • Alimuddin Auditorium

Subjects taught

  • Islamiyat
  • Arabic
  • Urdu
  • Pakistan Studies
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Zoology
  • Botany
  • English
  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Persian
  • Computer
  • Geography
  • Civic
  • Psychology
  • Education
  • African American Culture
  • Space Chimps Analysis

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "A symbol of Rawalpindi's pluralistic history". 2 April 2017.

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