 The "Hailey-Rifah-i-Am School" was founded here in 1918, by Rifah-i-Am Society formed by local residents under the patronage of Lala Mussadi Lal, a noted social reformer.By 1920-21, the society was running one middle school in Narela and two primary schools in Alipur and Kanjhawala and supported rural schools in Delhi Province.Swami Omanand Saraswati, a local zamindar and "numberdar" of villages, founded of "Kanya Gurukul" in Narela by donating his 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land at village., Lala Panna Lal Agarwal Kundali Wale, Freedom Fighter and Congress leader, with Mahatma Gandhi has died a decade ago.