Hans Raj College is a constituent college of University of Delhi and a premier imstitution of the DAV Managing Committee, the largest non-government educational organization of the country. After partition DAV Managing Committee decided to set up its institutions in India and the first to be set up was DAV College Ambala. On July 26, 1948 the college was set up in memory of Mahatma Hans Raj (1882-1938) the founder of DAV College Lahore and a pioneer in the field of education. Dr G L Dutta who had earlier been appointed the Principal of DAV College Ambala was appointed as the founding Principal of Hans Raj College. The college had a modest beginning, functioning from the west wing of DAV Higher Secondary School on Chitragupta Road, Delhi. There were 313 students on the rolls. The college offered preparatory courses in Arts and Sciences, B A (Pass), B A (Hons) in Sanskrit, Hindi, English and Mathematics. An honour in Economics was added after some time. Students were also enrolled for B.Sc (Gen) and (Hons) courses but the classes for these were held in the university. The Post-graduate courses were also conducted in the university while the college only managed their tutorial schemes.

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• B.A. (Hons.) in Economics
  • Economics
  • English
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Sanskrit
• B.A.
  • Arts & Humanities
• B.Sc. ( Hons.)
  • Zoology
  • Electronics
  • Physics
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Botany
• B.Com (Hons.)
  • Commerce
• M.A.
  • Sanskrit
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Hindi
  • English
  • Economics
• M.Sc.
  • Zoology
  • Physics
  • Operational Research
  • Mathematics
  • Geology
  • Chemistry
  • Botany
  • Anthropology
• Diploma
  • Language - French
  • Language - German
• Certificate Course
  • Language - French
  • Language - German

The college premises were finally inaugurated on 3rd October 1954 by the Honourable President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Present on the occasion were Shri Bakshi Tek Chand, Chief Justice Shri Mehar Chand Mahajan, Dr G S Mahajani (Vice Chancellor Delhi University); Lala Yodhraj and Principals of many DAV colleges. The building consisted of (a) the front block comprising class-rooms, laboratories and offices (b) the hostel and (c) the Principal’s residence. The auditorium was added later on. Dr G L Dutta retired in 1960 and the mantle of taking the college forward came on Shri Shanti Narayan a well-known teacher of Mathematics and who had served the college in various capacities as Bursar and officiating Principal. Under Shri Shanti Narayan the college made rapid progress, new courses were added, large number of students were admitted, more classrooms were added on the first floor, new laboratories were constructed. Shri Shanti Narayan added a sports complex including an indoor badminton hall, a seminar room and a library. Canteen and hostel capacity was enlarged. Grants from UGC helped in these construction processes.

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