Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

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; 111 years ago (1913)
Principal| Dr. Abdul Kabeer Mohsin
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
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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

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

## References

[edit]

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

## External links

[edit]

* Affiliation with University of the Punjab

* v
* t
* e

Schools in Rawalpindi

Public|

* Government Christian Higher Secondary School, Rawalpindi
* Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi
* Government Gordon College

Private|

* Grammar School Rawalpindi
* St. Ann's Presentation Convent High School, Rawalpindi
* St Mary's Cambridge School

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template