There are 10 govt degree colleges in Hisar. Govt. Post Graduate College, Hisar Govt. College for Girls, Hisar Private colleges Dayanand college CRM JAT College Chhaju Ram Law College, Hisar Chhaju Ram College of Education, Hisar Fateh Chand College for Women (Lahore), Hisar Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha Schools Hisar also has several renowned schools including Leading Angel Public School, Hisar (LAPS), Indus Public School, Hisar (IPS), Army Public School, Hisar (APS), Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School , Vidya Devi Jindal School and O.P.JINDAL MODERN SCHOOL . Notable individuals Over the past three centuries Hisar had been the birthplace of individuals including Sardar Ishri Singh, Sardar Harji Ram and Rai Bahadur Sardar Nau Nihal Singh who were honorary magistrates in pre-Independence Hisar. Noteworthy individuals include the Lala Lajpat Rai (freedom fighter, elected member of Hisar municipal committee, founder of Hisar district congress (1986), Arya samaj (1986) and district bar council), Captain Abhimanyu Sindhu (entrepreneur, journalist, BJP national spokesperson and Minister in Haryana from Narnaund assembly constituency), late Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava (First Chief Minister of joint Punjab), Om Prakash Jindal (former chairperson of Jindal Industries and Minister in Haryana government) and his wife Savitri Jindal (chairperson of Jindal Industries and Minister in Haryana government), Subhash Chandra (Chairman of Essel Group and Zee Network and BJP MP in Rajya Sabha), Amit Munjal, founder and CEO of Doctor Insta and Former CFO of Citi Holdings, Yash Tonk (Bollywood actor), Manish Joshi Bismil (theatre director), General V.K. Singh (Former Army Chief and Union Minister from BJP]], General Dalbir Singh Suhag (former Army Chief). See also Hisar (city) Hisar division Hisar Urban Agglomeration Hisar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency) Asigarh Fort at Hansi Kanwari Indus Valley Mound at Kanwari Tosham rock inscription References External links Hisar district official website Districts of Haryana