DAV College in Kanpur, India

India

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 established 1919 by Lala Diwan Chand is the second oldest college

College

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 in the city, and counts among its ex-students revolutionaries

Revolution

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 like Chandra Shekhar Azad and numerous political figures. The college is situated opposite the Green Park cricket stadium. There are about 18,000 students with approximately 350 teaching staff. The college is accredited by the Indian NAAC.

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from...

 studied here.

DAV college, Kanpur is affiliated with Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University (formerly Kanpur University

Kanpur University

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University , formerly Kanpur University, is a public university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. The university has more than 350 affiliated colleges spread over 15 districts of...

). It is managed by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust and Management Society

Notable Alumni

• Chandra Shekhar Azad
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from...
  
  
• Gopaldas Neeraj
  Gopaldas Neeraj
  Gopaldas Saxena 'Neeraj is among the best-known poets and authors in Hindi literature. He is also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He was born in the small village Puravali of Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, India on 4 January 1924. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj"...