Midnapore College

The epic academic Odyssey started from the incipient stages of a private school in 1834, the Zilla School in 1840, a burgeoning College in 1873, a Govt. Sponsored College in 1956 and in 1985 the affiliation of the College changed from the University of Calcutta to Vidyasagar University. A host of sagacious teachers, proficient both in teaching and research, diligent and knowledge- ebullient students, committed and zealous non-teaching staff, much-coveted infrastructure, uniquely furnished Central Library, several academic opportunities, coupled with adequate support services brought the College to come to its one and only goal of becoming the premier Higher Education hub not only in the State of West Bengal but also in the Country. Midnapore College is the oldest and most renowned of all the colleges in the undivided district of Midnapore. It played the pioneering role in the spread of higher education and also in the Freedom Movement of the Country. The past of the college is a saga of meritorious service to all walks of life. Under the aegis of the British Government the college began disseminating Western Education in the interest of rational and scientific education which was led by Raja Rammohan Roy. The college became a part and parcel of Bengal Renaissance.