Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore (Urdu: اسلامیہ کالج) is a government college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded by the Arya Samaj 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.
The college was nationalized by the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto regime in 1972. It is operated by the Ministry of Education (Higher Wing), Government of Punjab, Pakistan.
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History
The Islamia College, Civil Lines was originally founded by the Arya Samaj 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 Ambala, Haryana, 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, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar waited at the entrance of the college planning 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
Choudhry Rahmat Ali, the person who coined the name "Pakistan"
Sardar Ibrahim Khan, founder and first president of The Azad Kashmir
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Malik Meraj Khalid, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and former speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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, former Law Minister of Pakistan
Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal, former provincial minister of Punjab
Thakur Devi Singh, former MLA and minister in Himachal Pradesh, India
Salig Ram, former MP, Rajya Sabha, and minister in Himachal Pradesh, India
Judiciary and government officials
Zahid Hussain, founding Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan in 1948
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 Supreme Court of Pakistan
Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri, former Law Minister
Tariq Majid, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan Armed Forces
Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, former Chief Justice
Rashid Aziz, Former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
Sports personalities
Fazal Mahmood, former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team
Abdul Hafeez Kardar, first captain of Pakistan Cricket Team
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, international cricket umpire
Gul Mohammad, 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, former test cricketer
Jahangir Khan, former squash player
Wasim Akram, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Aleem Dar, international cricket umpire
Aaqib Javed, former test cricketer and coach of Pakistan Team
Khalid Mahmood, former captain of Pakistan Hockey Team
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
M.N. Jehan captain Pakistan football team
Journalists
Hamid Nizami, 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 Islamabad
Majeed Amjad, Urdu poet
Nasir Kazmi, Urdu poet
Wasif Ali Wasif, Sufi author and poet
Mumtaz Mufti, fiction writer
Amjad Islam Amjad, poet and playwright
Naseem Hijazi (real name, Mohammad Sharif), a Novelist
Col. Muhammad Khan, novelist, humorist
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, a famous lyricist.
Siddique Salik, writer
Mirza Adeeb, writer, playwright and journalist
Bashir Niaz, journalist, poet, story and screenwriter who won record 15 Nigar Awards
Nanha, comedian of PTV and film
Industry
Feroz Nizami music composer.
Riaz Shahid, writer and film director
Rafiq Ghaznavi pre partition filmi hero, singer and music director