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{{Infobox college
|name         = D.A.V. P.G. College, Lucknow
|image        = 
|motto        = ''[[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad#Popular mantras|Tamso Maa Jyotirgamaya]]''
|motto_lang   = hi
|mottoeng     = "Lead us from Darkness to light"
|established  = 1956
|type         = [[Public college|Public]]
|principal    =  Dr.Anjani Kumar Mishra<ref>http://www.davdegreelu.org/Managenent.htm</ref>
|students     = 
|undergrad    = 
|postgrad     = 
|address      = Pt. Ras Bihari Tiwari Marg
|affiliations = [[Lucknow University]]
|city         = [[Lucknow]]
|country      = [[India]]
|campus       = [[Urban Area|Urban]]
|website      = {{URL|http://www.davdegreelu.in}}
}}

'''D.A.V. P.G. College, Lucknow''' is a Government-aided degree college affiliated to the [[University of Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Affiliated College Directory| work =Lucknow University| url =http://lkouniv.ac.in/oldsite/collegelist104.asp| accessdate =2014-09-24| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140216114103/http://lkouniv.ac.in/oldsite/collegelist104.asp| archive-date =16 February 2014| url-status =dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = D.A.V. P.G. College|work=Jagran Josh| url = http://www.jagranjosh.com/institutes-colleges/dav-pg-college-875 | accessdate = 2014-09-24  }}</ref> The college has its origin in a school started in the premises of [[Arya Samaj]] temple in Ganeshganj locality in 1918. In 1926, the school shifted to the present premises, and graduate classes were started in 1956.<ref>{{cite web | title = About us | work = D.A.V. P.G. College, Lucknow | url = http://www.davpglu.org/ABOUT%20US.htm | language = Hindi | accessdate = 2014-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140929110231/http://www.davpglu.org/ABOUT%20US.htm | archive-date = 29 September 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | title = D.A.V. Degree College |work=[[Navbharat Times]] | url = http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/lucknow/lucknow-university/d-a-v-degree-college-lucknow-/articleshow/20380584.cms | accessdate = 2014-09-24 }}</ref>

Spread over 25 acres, the main campus is situated in Arya Nagar, near Naka Hindola, 1&nbsp;km from [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Charbagh Railway Station]]. It offers graduate courses in [[Arts]], [[Law]] and [[Science]] stream. It also offers Master courses for Arts and Law streams. It has two campuses, one for Law and another for Arts And Science. In 2012, ''[[India Today]]'' placed the college amongst top 5 "Best Science Colleges in Lucknow".<ref>{{cite web | title = Best ScienceColleges 2012 in Lucknow India Today Survey |work=India Today| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2012/citycolleges.jsp?Y=2012&ST=Science&CT=Lucknow |date=2012| accessdate = 2014-09-24 }}</ref>

[[File:Davlko2.jpeg|thumbnail]]
[[File:Davlko3.jpeg|thumbnail|Campus]]

==See also==

* [[Arya Samaj]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.davpglu.org }}

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