Khalsa College Garhdiwala - Hoshiarpur Accredited A Grade by NAAC

In 1966 when the Sikh community was celebrating the third Shatabhdi (Tri-Century/300 years) of their tenth master, Guru Gobind Singh Ji , Dr. M.S. Randhawa ,an ICS and a known figure in administration and education and Shri Mahant Sewa Dass a Udasi Saint and Head of Dera known as Bahadurshah (Hoshiarpur) took a initative to establish a college with a objective to educate the people of this backward area of Kandi. Presently Khalsa College Garhdiwala is a multi-faculty postgraduate co-educational institution, and its campus is spread over an area of 9 acres land .

It is located at the Hoshiarpur -Dasuya State Highway ,30 Kilometers from the Hoshiarpur and 11 km from the Dasuya. Presently this college is being run by the management of SGPC, Amritsar. Earlier in 1966 ,Sant Fateh Singh, President of Shiromani Akali Dal and Jathedar Pritam Singh helped the Local Managing Committee for its establishment in arranging initial endowment funds by pledging the land of Gurdwara Shri Kiratpur Sahib. Mahant Sewa Dass, Gurnam Singh Machian, Chaudhary Pritam Singh guided the destiny of the college as President of Governing body from 1966 to 1996. In March 1996, the college was handed over to the SGPC,Sri Amritsar, a known religions body of the Sikhs, which is managing the affairs of the college since then.

From time to time the college has been headed by eminent educationists like Principal S. Bharpur Singh and Raja Harninder Singh, both of themn later became chairperson of Punjab School Education Board, S. Chanan Singh Saif, Shri K.S. Beri, S. Umrao Singh led and S. Rajinder Singh Pawan and presently Dr. Satwinder Singh Dillon from April 2005. The college has been quite successful in achieving the goal of imparting quality higher education to the poor people of Kandi area of Hoshiarpur. Thousand of our alumni has secured Higher status in society and are serving the society in different field of their careers. The Institution is proud of these alumni who are also contributing in the development of the college.