[1][2] It is named after the Nawab of Bahawalpur Nawab Sadiq Mohammad Khan Abbasi IV and Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab Sir Robert Eyles Egerton.

It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports and co-curricular activities as tools for character development.

[3] In April 1886, it was upgraded to the college status and renamed after Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV and Robert Eyles Egerton.

[4] Between 1905 and 1911, a new building was constructed for the college which currently is Sadiq Dane High School, and its operation were shifted there once the work was completed.

[4] In 1951, prime minister of Bahawalpur, John Dring, laid the foundation of the new building of the college and its classes were shifted there.