Satish Chander Dhawan Government College
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Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, formally S.C.D. Government College, Ludhiana, formerly Imperial College, Ludhiana and Government College for Boys, Ludhiana, is an educational institution located in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The college offers various courses in Humanities, Commerce and Science for graduation and post graduation level studies.
History
[edit | edit source]S.C.D. Government College was established in 1920 as Imperial College, Ludhiana and was later renamed Government College for Boys, Ludhiana. In 1976 it was renamed S.C.D. Government College by the Government of Punjab after Satish Dhawan, an alumnus of the college.[1]
Notable alumni
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- Arshpreet Bhullar, basketball player [2]
- Satish Dhawan, space scientist[citation needed]
- Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu poet[3]
- Amit Singh Bakshi, two-time Asian Games medalist in track and field and Olympic gold medalist in field hockey
- Manohar Singh Gill (IAS), former Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs & 11th Chief Election Commissioner of India
References
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- ^ Arshpreet Singh: Threes are better than twos, Gopalakrishnan R (Eklavas.com). Accessed 27 January 2018.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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