Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, formally S.C.D. Government College, Ludhiana, formerly Imperial College, Ludhiana and Government College for Boys, Ludhiana, is an educational institution located in

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. The college offers various courses in Humanities, Commerce and Science for graduation and post graduation level studies.

History

S.C.D. Government College was established in 1920 as Imperial College, Ludhiana and was later renamed Government College for Boys, Ludhiana. In 1976 it was renamed S.C.D. Government College by the Government of Punjab after

Satish Dhawan Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India an ...

, an alumnus of the college.

Notable alumni

* Arshpreet Bhullar, basketball player *

, space scientist *

Sahir Ludhianvi Abdul Hayee (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described ...

, Urdu poet

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