The DAV Institutions are the gift of Arya Samaj, A progressive movement founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the great path-maker of modern india, led a crusade against the superstitious and pernicious practices that prevailed in contemporary India.
With a view to bring a balance and harmonious development of the future citizens of this country and to infuse in them the ideals of Vedic culture and high sense of patriotism, Arya Samaj founded a school at Lahore in 1886 by the name of DAYANAND ANGLO VEDIC SCHOOL. It established the DAV College Trust & Management Society, which later set up a network of such educational institutions all over India and abroad.
The DAV movement would not have achieved its goal and not a young brilliant graduate, Mahatma Hansraj, the first Principal of DAV institution, offered his honorary services as Jeevan Daan, for 25 years.