The great visionary, a farsighted genius, a philanthropist, a social reformer, an educationist, an economist, a leader of liberal tendencies, a reverential social figure and a man with high moral grounds, our founder Great Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia was born in a noble landed-family of Punjab. Sardar Dyal Singh’s knack in the field of education and liberal learning trace its roots to his own exposure to Liberalism in England from where he pursued his higher education. When he returned to his homeland, he carried back with himself an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and insight. He became a rolling ball of fire of intellectualism and liberal learning. It is commendable to note that he didn’t want his knowledge to die with him, rather he wanted the coming generations to learn to live a life based on liberal ideologies and school of thought. He initially deliberated opening of a school; however, he couldn’t realise this dream of his in his lifetime. Great men may die, greatness doesn’t.
Dyal Singh College, boasts of such an illuminous and far-sighted vision as its founding ideology. In the Will of our founder Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848-1898), which was opened on 12th September, 1898 (3 days after his death), he mentions the establishment of a “First Class Arts College” in the province of Lahore (now in Pakistan) because he strongly believed in the emancipating impact that liberal education and intellectual activity creates in the life of an individual. The college was to be established with the agenda of “Spread and Dissemination of a Sound Liberal Education” and of “Pure Morality”. Hence, Dyal Singh College was established in Lahore on 3rd May, 1910. The inauguration of this mighty educational institution was done by Sir Louise Dane, the late Lieutenant-Governor of the erstwhile undivided Punjab region. As destiny unfolded Dyal Singh College was reconstituted in Karnal, Haryana, in 1949, under the enlightening guidance of late Dewan Anand Kumar. Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia’s Will also mentioned the establishment a library of fine academic and scholarly taste.