Yasin Meo Degree College, the only minority college in the Western Part of the country, is named after the Late Chaudhary Mohd. Yasin Khan (the famous and illustrious leader of Mewat). This college was established in July, 1971. In fact, it was established in 1923 as a school named Brayne Meo High School by Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin Khan with the motivation of Mr. F.L.Brayne, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon.
The college is spread over a sprawling campus of around 28 acres in the outskirts of Aravali hills. It has 28 rooms, one assembly hall and one big library. The college is affiliated to M.D. University, Rohtak. It is located on Delhi-Alwar Road at about 70 K.M. south of Delhi. It is multi-faculty co-educational Degree College having 23 regular teaching faculties. At present the number of students in the college is around fourteen hundred. The college has big play ground on its campus used for different types of games like Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Hockey, Gymnastic and Badminton. At a later stage a new management blocks was added with financial assistance of various agencies.
The importance of the college has in fact that this college provides education to the Mewat region of Haryana which is the most backward (both educationally & economically) regions of India, especially of Haryana. This college is successfully running three degree courses of B.A., B.Sc., and B.Com. on Government aid and B.B.A., B.C.A., M.A. History and M.A. Urdu, on Self Finance Scheme.
There are some countable achievements of the college. Since its inception in 1971, it has multiplied the total strength and the number of graduates in the area which earlier could be counted on fingertips. The number of graduates produced by the institution has reached nearly fourteen hundred. It is once again the remarkable achievement of the college that few of these graduates raised to the status of Judicial Officers, Executive Officers, Police Officers and M.L.As’. More than ninety percent advocates practicing in the districts of Nuh, Palwal and Gurgaon are basically graduated from this college. It is also worth mentioning here that several teachers who have worked hare have joined I.P.S., I.E.S. and also have joined as professors in different national and international institutions.
In the field of sports our students have successfully participated in different games at the University level and particularly in weight lifting competitions our students achieved excellence and won the Inter-University, State and National titles. Women weight lifters participated in International Championship held in Thailand and Taiwan.
Some our N.C.C. Cadets were selected to participate in the Republic Day parade held on 26th January, 1994 in the Capital. Besides, our students also got positions under National Service Scheme (NSS).