Agriculture College Layallpur:The Fore Runner Institute of Green Revaluation in India

Layallpur was named after Sir James Broadwood Lyall (1887-1892) Lieutinant-Governor of Punjab. It was founded in 1892 as a market town and became the headquarters of the Lower Chanab colony, about 140 Km from Lahore. It was, and is, the headquarters of Layallpur district in the Sargodha division of Pakistan. In 1961 its population was 425, 248. Situated in the midst of a cotton, wheat and sugarcane producing area, Layallpur has grown into an important centre for textile, hosiery and flour milling industries. It is fondly called Manchester of area. Other chief products are vegetable oil, soap and sugar. It was one of the biggest wheat market of Asia. Layallpur is an important educational and cultural centre with six colleges affiliated to the University of the Punjab besides many schools. "The college was established subsequent to the colonization of the new Canal colonies and was designed with a two fold object, firstly, to give instructions in the sciences having its bearing on agriculture, and in general agricultural practice to students from amongst whom the new department hoped, later on, to recruit its officers, and secondly to provide the agricultural population of the province with an institution where the Sons of the agriculturists could acquire knowledge for the betterment of traditional agricultural practices. The college was a nucleus of cultural activities including college societies, clubs, college Majlis, college magazine, college dress, cooperative supply society, University Training Corps (in 1944 named as Officers Training Corps), sports club, Tutorial system, swimming tank etc. There was a large number of scholarships also for the needy and poor students. There was Sir William Roberts Trust also for providing financial help of the students. So much so, the college had a daily to provide milk facilities. In fact, the college was one of the best agriculture educational institutions in the world then.