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Mukand Lal National College is a government aided private college of Science and Commerce in the state of Haryana, India.Mukand Lal National College was established in 1955 by a great visionary and educationist Seth Jai Prakash in the cherished memory of his illustrious father Seth Mukand Lal Ji, who was a renowned Gandhian and philanthropist. It was established for providing graduate level education to the youth of Yamuna Nagar.MLN College is affiliated with Kurukshetra University, in Kurukshetra. The college has been declared as College with Potential for Excellence by the University Grants Commission of India, New Delhi. It is the only college in Haryana to be awarded the distinguished position. It is also accredited by Tata Consultancy Services .HistoryM.L.N. College was founded in 1955 by Seth Jai Prakash in Memory of his Father Seth Mukand Lal Ji. Seth Mukand Lal Ji was a close adherent of Gandhi Ji and was nicknamed "Plagla Bhagat" by him. Illiterate himself, he vowed to dispel the darkness of ignorance by opening educational institutions starting with setting up of Mukand Lal National High School at Abdulapur (now Yamuna Nagar).Seth Jai Prakash, his illustrious son accelerated the pace of opening institutions in the name of his father. A selfless man, he motivated the rich, particularly the business community by saying, "Rain Water that accumulates on the roof top without an outlet, shall bring down the roof. Likewise, wealth without charity will ruin the household of the wealthy". He acted on his principle till the last and contributed large sums of money to educational institutions.Today Mukand Lal National College, Yamuna Nagar is a part of a chain of institutions being run under the banner of Seth Jai Prakash Mukand Lal Institutions of Knowledge and service. The chain has a total of 30 institutions which include schools, colleges, polytechnics, engineering college, MBA/MCA institutes and hospitals which are serving the society in the fields of education and healthcare for the last about sixty years i.e. since 1946.