Digvijaynath Post Graduate College

Digvijaynath Post Graduate College was established on 25 August 1969 as Digvijaynath Degree College. This institution is run under the Maharana Pratap Education Council, Gorakhpur, a prestigious leading educational institution of Uttar Pradesh, estab ng educational institution of Uttar Pradesh, established in 1932 AD. This institution has the distinction of being a pillar of fame established on the chest of time by the Brahmalin Mahant Digvijaynath Ji Maharaj, the harbinger of national reconstruction and educational renaissance. Birth Vaisakhi Purnima 1894 A.D. Gorakhpur Arrival 1899 A.D. Welcome Mahatma Gandhi in Gorakhpur and Non-Cooperation Movement Abandonment of formal education and school to participate 1920 A.D. Chauri Chaura case: Acquitted for lack of identity 1922 A.D. Establishment of Maharana Pratap Education Council 1932 A.D. Yoga Initiation 15 August 1933 A.D. Shravan Purnima on the post of Mahant in Gorakhnath Temple 15 August 1935 A.D. Membership of Hindu Mahasabha 1939 A.D. Establishment of Akhil Bharatvarsha Avadhoot Bhesh Barhapanth Yogi Mahasabha 1939 A.D. Provincial Hindu Mahasabha session held in Gorakhpur under the chairmanship of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 1944 A.D. Arrested on false charges in Gandhi assassination case 1948 A.D. Ten months later, he was honorably acquitted of the charge. 1949 A.D. Leadership of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Liberation Movement 1949 A.D. Prudent end to Master Tara Singh's fast unto death for separate Punjabi province 1956 A.D. Establishment of Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur 1958 A.D. Akhil Bharatiya Shaddarshan Sabha Conference Haridwar presided over 1960 A.D. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Sammelan held in Delhi 1961 A.D. Election as National President (Hindu President) of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 1961 A.D. Mahant Ji organizes Akhil Vishwa Hindu Sammelan in Delhi 1965 A.D. Gorakhpur MP elected 1967 A.D. Eternal Samadhi ...view more