Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan, established in 1881, is a premier educational institute and one of the oldest seats of higher learning of West Bengal. The College has completed its glorious 125 years in the year 2006.

The origin of the College goes as far back as 1817 when Maharaja Tej Chand founded an Anglo-vernacular school within the premises of his palace at Burdwan. It was extended and renamed High English School by Maharaja Mahatab Chand in 1854. Notwithstanding the Bengal renaissance, which was slowly transforming the social fabric, Burdwan remained rather indifferent to higher English education until Aftab Chand became the Maharaja of Burdwan in 1881. In the same year, he shifted the school to Nutanganj and introduced Liberal Arts courses in accordance with the permission of the University of Calcutta and christened the new unit as Maharaja’s College. The school was eventually named as Raj Collegiate School and the College Burdwan Raj College.

Since then, the progress of the College is steady as well as remarkable.

Among the major incidents of its illustrious history spanning almost a century and half, mention may be made of its transfer to Aftab House, majestically standing in the North-West corner of the picturesque Shyamsayar in the year 1941. The campus measures 17 acres and is almost contiguous to that of the University of Burdwan.

The royal patronage of Burdwan Raj College was taken over by the Government of West Bengal in 1956 under the Sponsoring scheme and finally its necessary parting from the University of Calcutta became effective. Eventually, Burdwan Raj College was affiliated to the University of Burdwan in 1960 becoming one of its constituent colleges.

With a view to expand the base of higher education UG and PG Courses in distant mode under Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) was introduced in the year 1998 followed by the initiation of a couple of self-financing professional courses – BBA in 2001 and BCA in 2008 which underscores our commitment to provide dynamic higher education as per the changing needs and aspirations of the time. That Burdwan Raj College truly values excellence in higher education became more evident with the introduction of Post Graduate Course in Bengali in 2005.