Originally established in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan), as D.A.V. College, it was re-established at Ambala Cantt after partition in 1948 as G.M.N. College by a great visionary Shri Jaswant Rai in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, G.M.N. College today has emerged as one of the premier institutions in the region.