Maharaja Bir Bikram College
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Motto | Sanskrit: Vidayamrtamasnute |
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Motto in English | Knowledge is the key to immortality |
Type | Public |
Established | 1947 |
Founder | Maharani Kanchan Prava Devi |
Accreditation | University Grants Commission (UGC) |
Principal | Asish Mitra |
Location | , , India 23°49′40″N 91°17′52″E / 23.8277304°N 91.297742°ECoordinates: 23°49′40″N 91°17′52″E / 23.8277304°N 91.297742°E |
Campus | Urban, 264 acres (107 ha) |
Language | English, Kokborok, Bengali, Hindi |
Colours | Yellow and brown |
Affiliations | MBB University |
Website | www |
Maharaja Bir Bikram College or MBB College is a degree college of the Indian state of Tripura, imparting general education in the streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities.[1] Established in 1947, it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura with a campus spread over 264 acres (107 ha). It is located approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) from the city center. The motto of the college is "Vidayamrtamasnute" (Knowledge is the key to immortality).[2] The college is named after former Maharaja of Tripura State, Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur.
History
Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur, the last king of Tripura, was the architect and founder of this college which was affiliated to University of Calcutta. The king had planned to establish a college at Agartala as early as 1937. An area of 254 acres of land (mostly Khas land and a small acquired position) was earmarked for the college in the eastern part of the-then small capital town of Agartala. It was given the name "Vidyapattan". Construction began in 1937 for which a trustee board was formed. The construction had to be abandoned when World War II broke out and the ground floor was converted into an army hospital for British Army moving to and from Burma. Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBB College) started functioning in 1947 to meet the needs of college students who had migrated to Tripura from erstwhile East Pakistan. The-then Regent, Kanchan Prava Devi, responded to the needs of these uprooted Bengali students and almost overnight obtained the affiliation of Calcutta University for IA, ISC, B.A. and B. Com. examination.[3]
Campus
The college campus has an area of over 264 acres.[citation needed] This includes the college faculties and the central library.
Departments
The institute has the following departments:[4]
- Arts group
- Bengali
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Geography
- Hindi
- History
- Kokborok
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sanskrit
- Sociology
- Biological Science group
- Botany
- Environmental Science
- Human Physiology
- Zoology
- Physical Science group
- Chemistry
- IT & Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
- Commerce group
- Commerce
References
- ^ "Maharaja Bir Bikram College". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Maharaja Bir Bikram College". Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Maharaja Bir Bikram College". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "MBB College departments". www.mbbcollege.in. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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