Government Islamia College Civil Lines (), officially Government Islamia Graduate College, Civil Lines, Lahore, and formerly known as Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, is a government college in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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, Pakistan. Founded by the

Arya Samaj Arya Samaj () is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s. Arya Samaj was the first Hindu ...

as the Dayanand Anglo Vedic school on 1 June 1886, It was later renamed Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) College after the Hindu leader

Dayananda Saraswati Dayanand Saraswati () born Mool Shankar Tiwari (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883), was a Hindu philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of Hinduism. His book '' Satyarth Prakash'' has remained one of th ...

. The college was nationalized by the

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regime in 1972. It is operated by the

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(Higher Wing),

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History

The Islamia College, Civil Lines was originally founded by the

as a school in 1866 and later named the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College in Lahore. In 1947 DAV (Dayanand Anglo Vedic) College was shifted to D.A.V. College (Lahore) in

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, India after partition and the college was renamed as Islamia College. Graduates and students of this college are referred to as "Faranians". On 17 December 1928,

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and

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waited at the entrance of the college plannin to kill Superintendent of Police James A Scott. However, in a case of mistaken identity, the plotters shot John P. Saunders, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, as he was leaving the District Police Headquarters across the street, and ran towards Government College.

Notable alumni

; Religious scholars * Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, Religious scholar ; Politicians * Sartaj Aziz, former Finance Minister of Pakistan *

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, the person who coined the name "Pakistan" *

Sardar Ibrahim Khan Sardar Ibrahim Khan (, ər'da:r ɪbra:'ɦi:m xa:n 22 April 1915 – 31 July 2003) was a revolutionary leader and politician from the western region of Jammu and Kashmir (present-day Azad Kashmir), who led the 1947 Poonch Rebellion against th ...

, founder and first president of The

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, former Prime Minister of Pakistan *

Malik Meraj Khalid Malik Meraj Khalid (; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003) was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as the Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997. He was noted as bein ...

, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and former speaker of the

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* Moeen Qureshi, former interim Prime Minister of Pakistan * Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Prime Minister of Kashmir (India) * Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, religious scholar and politician * Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, Federal Minister and former Chief Minister of Punjab *

Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1910–1987) was a Pakistani politician, former Law Minister, human rights advocate and lawyer who became a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. He served in the Indian National Congress (INC) before Pakistan's creation, as w ...

, former

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* Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal, former provincial minister of Punjab * Thakur Devi Singh, former MLA and minister in Himachal Pradesh, India *

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, former MP, Rajya Sabha, and minister in Himachal Pradesh, India ; Judiciary and government officials * S. A. Rahman, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Muhammad Yaqub Ali, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Amir Alam Khan, former Judge of Lahore High Court * Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed, Justice of the

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, former Law Minister * Tariq Majid, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee,

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* Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, former Chief Justice * Rashid Aziz, Former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court * Lt. Gen. Amjad Shoaib ; Sports personalities *

Fazal Mahmood Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landma ...

, former captain of

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Abdul Hafeez Kardar Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI () (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician, and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team and one of only three players to have played Test cricket for both I ...

, first captain of

* Khan Mohammad, former test cricketer; took the first test wicket for Pakistan * Imtiaz Ahmed, former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team * Nazar Mohammad, former test cricketer, who scored the first century for Pakistan in test cricket *

Zameer Haider Zameer Haider (; born 30 September 1962, Lahore) is a former international cricket umpire from Pakistan. He also played first-class cricket during the 1980s. An occasion wicket-keeper, Haider was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break b ...

, international cricket umpire *

Gul Mohammad Gul Mohammad , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, (15 October 1921 – 8 May 1992) played Test cricket for India and Pakistan. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Gul Mohammad was a small man who stood only 5' 5, but a brilliant a ...

, former test cricketer, who represented India and Pakistan in test cricket * Maqsood Ahmed, also known as Merry Max, former test cricketer * Saeed Ahmed, former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team *

Asif Masood Syed Asif Masood Shah (; born 23 January 1946) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 16 Test matches and 7 One Day Internationals from 1969 to 1977. He was educated at Islamia College Lahore. His best Test was against England at Birm ...

, former test cricketer *

Jahangir Khan Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). He is widely regarded as the greatest squash player ...

, former squash player *

Wasim Akram Wasim Akram (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, Coach (sport), coach, and former cricketer and captain (cricket), captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the ...

, former captain of Pakistan cricket team *

Aleem Dar Aleem Dar PP ( Punjabi, ; born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He is a former member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Dar won the David Shepherd Trophy three years in a row from 2009 to 2011, aft ...

, international cricket umpire * Aaqib Javed, former test cricketer and coach of Pakistan Team * Khalid Mahmood, former captain of

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* Samiullah Khan, former captain of Pakistan Hockey Team * Salim Sherwani, former captain of Pakistan hockey team * Khawaja Zakauddin, former Olympian (hockey) * Ashraf Ali, former test cricketer * Asad Rauf, test umpire ;Journalists *

Hamid Nizami Hameed Nizami or Hamid Nizami ( Punjabi, ; b. 3 October 1915 – 22 February 1962), was an eminent journalist, literary figure, Pakistan Movement activist, and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Urdu-language newspaper, the '' Nawa-i-Wa ...

, founder of the Urdu newspaper '' Nawa-i-Waqt'' * Majeed Nizami, editor-in-chief of Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publication in Pakistan and a columnist * Abdullah Malik, journalist and literary historian ;Writers, poets and artists * Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari poet and proposed name of

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, Urdu poet *

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, Urdu poet *

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, Sufi author and poet * Mumtaz Mufti fiction writer *

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, poet and playwright *

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(real name, Mohammad Sharif) a Novelist * ⋅Col. Muhammad Khan, novelist, humorist *

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a famous lyricist. * Siddique Salik. writer * Mirza Adeeb writer, playwright and journalist *

Nanha Rafi Khawar ( Punjabi, ) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar awards.

, comedian of PTV and film ;Industry *

Feroz Nizami Feroz Nizami (born Ferozuddin Ahmad; 10 November 1910 15 November 1975), was a Pakistani film score composer, music director and classical singer. He composed music for bollywood films in British India and after partition, he remained activ ...

music composer. *

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, writer and film director

References

External links

Islamia College (Lahore) website
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History

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links