Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi

Government Graduate College, Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi
گورنمنٹ گریجوئیٹ کالج اصغر مال، راولپنڈی

Other name	Asghar Mall College
Motto	Arabic: عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ یَعْلَمْ (انسان کو سکھایا، جو وہ نہیں جانتا تھا)
Motto in English	Taught man that which he knew not
Type	Public
Established	1913; 112 years ago (1913)
Principal	Dr. Abdul Kabeer Mohsin
Location	Rawalpindi , Punjab , Pakistan 33°37′45″N 73°03′31″E
Colours	Blue, white, and grey
Affiliations	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi University of the Punjab
Website	gpgcam.edu.pk

Government Post Graduate College, Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, founded as Sanatan Dharma High School, is a historical and prominent government college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It was established in 1913 as a high school by Sanatan Dharma, a Hindu religious movement.[1]

History

In 1904, 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

• Said Alam, pediatric surgeon and political activist
• Babar Awan[1]
• Raja Abdul Hanif, Pakistani politician[1]
• Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani former cricketer[1]

References

1. "A symbol of Rawalpindi's pluralistic history". 2 April 2017.

External links

• Affiliation with University of the Punjab