R.S. Pura town is approx. 22 km away from Jammu Tawi Railway Station and nearly 15 km away from the Jammu Airport.
R.S .Pura named after the great Dogra ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh, successor of Maharaja Gulab Singh, is located on the Indo-Pak border Suchetgarh which is 33 km away from the district headquarters of Jammu. Before independence, this area was regularly visited by the Jaddi people of Dalowali who used to carry sugarcane to Nawanshehar (R. S. Pura) Sugar Mills. Before 1947 there was a big sugar mill in RS Pura. The city was made by Maharaja Ranbir Singh under the supervision of Diwan Jawala sahai in the 1800s.
Maharaja Hari Singh Senior Secondary Public School was started in 1982, and school was named Maharaja Hari Singh as Maharaja Hari Singh was the Maharaja of the J and K before independence. MHS DAV Senior Secondary Public School, R.S. Pura (Jammu) is a co-ed school affiliated with the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE). The school is one of the best school in the town. The school offers education from Nursery to class XII. School aims to impart meaningful and quality education to its students and more than anything else, it emphasizes on holistic education.
The School boasts preprimary play area and well stocked library having the excellent collection of Books. It has Hi-Tech Computer Lab, Science Lab, Examination and Drama Halls, and ‘Smart-Class’ technology enabled classrooms. It has a canteen also. Present strength of the school is 850(approx) and school has highly qualified, trained and experienced staff. School provides a magnificent campus, airy and hygienic classrooms with transport facility from all corners.