After Swami Dayanand Saraswati's death, his followers established the first Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) school in Lahore in 1886.
Dayanand Anglo Vedic(DAV) Schools were founded in 1886 at Lahore by the efforts of Mahatma Hansraj in the memory of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
The schools were run by the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Trust & Management Society, also known as the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Education Society.