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]
- Jan Rambo, Pakistani Actor[1]