Dyal Singh College is a co-educational institute of

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. It was established in 1959 in

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, India. It is a constituent college of Delhi University. It comes under South Campus of Delhi University and is a top ranked college of South Campus. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in

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, the

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and

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. It has been ranked 8th all over India in the

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in 2017. In the year 2021, it secured 29th place in the college category, while in 2022 it go
35th place
In this year according to NIRF Ranking 2024 this college secured 34th place in the category. Dyal Singh College has been awarded "A" grade by the

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in the year 2022. It is one of the best colleges for geography courses and Science related courses. Some Colleges of the University near it are

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, Kamla Nehru College and Dyal Singh Evening College.

Location

The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in

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near Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Safdarjung Tomb,

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and many other institutions of national and international significance. The college is surrounded by prominent and splendid neighbourhoods, markets and societies as

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, Golf Links, Jor Bagh, Rabindra Nagar,

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, Delhi Race Club and so on. It is often regarded as the most beautiful college of DU. It is next to Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on the Violet Line of the

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. The college has connectivity through buses of the

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and

History

The college's origin arose from the estate of Sardar

Dyal Singh Majithia Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848–1898) was an Indian businessman, banker, philanthropist and activist. Majithia established ''The Tribune (Chandigarh), The Tribune'', an English language newspaper in Lahore in 1881, and later, he became the f ...

, founder of ''

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'' and

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, who willed his estate in 1895 for the establishment of an educational trust for a secular college. Consequently, Dyal Singh College was established at

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in 1910. After the Partition of India, Dyal Singh College was established in

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and Delhi. It started functioning in the capital at Rouse Avenue as a constituent college of the University of Delhi w.e.f 5 August 1959 and at present location in Delhi since 16 October 1962, it was contracted by

Sir Sobha Singh Magistrate, Honorary Magistrate, Sardar Bahadur, Sir Sobha Singh , Member of the Legislative Assembly, M.L.C., Member of parliament, M.P. (March 5, 1888 – 18 April 1978) was an Indian civil contractor, prominent builder and real estate develo ...

. It was taken over by the University of Delhi as a university maintained institution in 1978.

Departments

The college currently has the following departments. *

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*English *

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Ranking

Dyal Singh College is ranked 34th among colleges in India by the

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in 2024.

Notable alumni

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, Former member of

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* Anil Chaudhary, former member of Delhi legislative assembly, president of

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* Dr. Govind Singh,

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at O.P. Jindal Global University, and Director, Delhi Greens. * Pankaj Singh, Member of

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, Indian actress *Rajvir Singh, former Indian

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player * Sandeep Kumar, Indian politician *

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, Indian actor *

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, former

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* Sheikh Noorul Hassan, Member of

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, Member of

References

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* {{authority control Delhi University Universities and colleges in Delhi Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Delhi