Doaba College, Jalandhar is a multifaculty postgraduate co-educational institution of

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which serves the

Doaba Doaba also known as Bist Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called "Doabi". Th ...

region. The college has been accredited by the

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, an autonomous body of the

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(UGC). Doaba College,

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

was established on 1 January 1941 by Sh. Bindraban Sondhi, Rai Bahadur Badri Dass, Sh. Jagan Nath Mittal and Acharaya Lajja Vati. They followed

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and the Spartan Freedom Fighters who laid the foundation of Doaba College to promote the study of

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and the teachings of

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values and to promote the philosophy of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.Mehta Jaiminee Jee of Arya Samaj laid the foundation of Doaba college in 1897 and converted the Doaba school into the Doaba College, however because of financial reasons, it did not continue after unknown period .Mehta Jaiminee Jee was the first principal. Their mission was to impart education to the less-privileged and economically weaker section of students of this area. A small building was constructed in 1941 and thereafter the expansion of the college was undertaken in 1943. Sh. Bindraban Sondhi collected funds for the college. Ever since, the institution has been under the leadership of earlier Rai Bahadur Badri Das, Seth Stya Paul, and now Sh.

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.http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140306/jaltrib.htm ''The Tribune''. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140526/jaltrib.htm ''

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'' 26 May 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014. Chief-Editor, Daily Vir Pratap and the President of Arya Shiksha Mandal. The college provides courses in Computer Education & I.T. Biotechnology, Commerce & Management, Journalism & Mass Communication, Tourism and Hotel Management in addition to traditional courses in the faculties of Science, Commerce and the Arts. This college has a Commerce and Business Management block, Media and I.T. block, Audio-Video Media Studio, an English Language Lab, Arts block, postgraduate block, laboratories (Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Bio-technology and Food technology labs).

Notable alumni

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, Chief editor of

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, comedian *

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, Union Minister of India *

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