Question

Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) School were established in 1886 at  __________________.
1. Bombay
2. Lahore
3. Madras
4. Calcutta

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Lahore

The correct answer is Option (2) i.e.Lahore.

• Dayanand Anglo Vedic(DAV) Schools were founded in 1886 at Lahore by the efforts of Mahatma Hansraj in the memory of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
  • The schools were run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust & Management Society, also known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.
  • DAV institutions are the best place to study and work together.
  • Teachers are very professional and serious about the growth of students as well as teaching skills up-gradation through in-house and outside training/workshops.
  • Under the DAV family, there are 900 schools, 75 colleges, and a university.
  • “DAV Movement” founded in 1886 by Lala Lajpat Rai(Father of DAV Movement) picked up momentum due to the arduous efforts of Mahatma Hans Raj, Pandit Gurudutt Vidyarthi and may other dedicated as the Arya Samaj activist. 
• Mahatma Hansraj: 
  • Lala Hansraj (19th April 1864 – 14th November 1938) also known as Mahatama Hansraj, was a famous Indian educationist and a follower of Arya Samaj.
  • He founded, with Gurudatta Vidhyarthi, the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System (D.A.V.) in Lahore in 1886.
  • Hansraj was born in a small town, Bajwara, in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab on 19 April 1864.
  • His father died before Hansraj was 12 and thereafter he was looked after and educated by his elder brother named Mulkhraj.