At the outset, a glimpse into Dagshai’s past wouldn’t come amiss.  The name Dagshai has come from Dag-e-Shai.  It is said that during the Mughal rule, prisoners were branded on the foreheads and kept here.  

In 1847 Maharaja of Patiala transferred five villages to the British Govt. for the purpose of a cantonment.  It is also famous for its jail where German and Irish prisoners were kept during the two World Wars. 

           Going around Dagshai, one can still see the remnants of the European Regiments that served here.  The two churches and three cemeteries stand mute testimonies of the time gone by.

Perched atop the Dagshai hills, in the very lap of nature, lies the answer to many parents’ prayers and a living dream of many a human mind, THE ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL.

   Its green rooftops can be seen almost from the national highway as if beckoning the onlookers towards itself.

Originally the brainchild of Lt. Gen. K. Sunderji, PVSM, and Lt. Gen. R.S. Dayal, PVSM, MVC, ADC the Army Public School, Dagshai finally took shape on 01 June 1986 under the aegis of HQ Western Command. 

 Lt Gen H. Kaul, then GOC-in-C Western Command, inaugurated it. It is a co-educational residential school affiliated to the CBSE, New Delhi and is a member of the Indian Public Schools’ Conference.