The DAV institutions are the gift of Arya samaj - A progressive movement founded in 1857 by Swami Dayanand Saraswati‚ the great path maker of modern India led crusade against the superstitious and pernicious practices prevailed in the country then with a view to bringing about a balanced the harmonious development of the future citizens of the country and to infuse in them the ideals of the Vedic culture and a high sense of patriotism.
Arya samaj founded a Dayanand Anglo Vedic school at Lahore in 1886.Thus DAV College trust and management society was established‚ which later set up a network of such educational institutions all over India and abroad.
The DAV Movement would not have achieved its goal if had a young‚ brilliant and graduate Mahatma HANSRAJ‚ the first principal of DAV institutions not offered his honorary service as Jeevan Das 25 years. Matchless also was the sacrifice of his brother‚ Lala Mulkraj who fulfilled his pledge of supporting Hansraj family all these years.