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'''DAV College, Abohar'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davcollegeabohar.com/ |title=Welcome To DAV College Abohar |publisher=Davcollegeabohar.com |date= |accessdate=2015-02-24}}</ref> is a post graduate college in the city of [[Abohar]], [[Punjab, India]]. It is spread over 20 acres of land on Hanumangarh Road.<br />
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==History==<br />
DAV College, Abohar was established in 1960 under the aegis of the [[DAV College]] Managing Committee, [[New Delhi]]. The first principal of this college was N. D. Grover. The institution is affiliated to [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]]. Currently, Dr. S. K. Arora is the principal of the college, who received the All India Mahatma Hans Raj Best Principal award from by [[Pawan Bansal]], the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, and Padma Bhushan [[G. P. Chopra]], President, D.A.V. College Managing Committee, New Delhi.<br />
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The college building contains [[hostel]]s, [[auditorium]], library, play ground and 'yajna-shala'.<br />
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===Notable events===<br />
* In March 1982, 8th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] [[Balram Jakhar]] visited as Chief Guest in an annual function.<br />
* In March 2012, Pawan Bansal, Union Minister for Parliamentary affairs visited as Chief Guest in an annual function.<br />
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===Notable alumni===<br />
* Prem Chand Chauhan <small>(Retd DIG-BSF)</small><br />
* [[Shekhar Gurera]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shekhargurera.com |title=Shekhar Gurera's Cartoons Gallery |publisher=Shekhargurera.com |date= |accessdate=2015-02-24}}</ref> <small>(Editorial Cartoonist)</small><br />
* Ashoo Punjabi <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ashoopunjabi.com/ |accessdate=2 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520225943/http://ashoopunjabi.com/ |archivedate=20 May 2013 }}</ref> <small>(Punjabi Singer)</small><br />
* Santosh Snehi Mann <ref>{{cite web|url=http://judicialacademy.nic.in/COMPOSITION.HTM |title=Composition Of The Delhi Judicial Academy |publisher=Judicialacademy.nic.in |accessdate=2015-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102235913/http://judicialacademy.nic.in/COMPOSITION.HTM |archivedate=2015-01-02 }}</ref> <small>(DHJS)</small><br />
* Suneet Arora <small>(Director, Producer)</small><br />
Prem Singhmar was student of premedical in 1996 and he is settled in Canada<br />
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=== NAAC Accredition ===<br />
The college secured an 'A' grade in a recent accredition by NAAC. It managed to score a 3.06 CGPA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/4-pu-colleges-get-naac-a-grade/articleshow/51073180.cms|title=4 PU colleges get NAAC A grade &#124; Chandigarh News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Universities and colleges in Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Fazilka district]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1960]]<br />
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