| 1960,
June 22: First Public
Meeting held at Chariali HS & MP
School premises for establishing
a college. and first College
Committee formed with Najeebur
Rahman as Chairman and 15 other
members.
1960, Sept.7: Formal
Inauguration of Biswanath
College. Chief Guest- Syed Abdul
Malik, the eminent Assamese
literateur. IA class in the
evening shift began with 112
students in the Chariali HS & MP
School premises.
1960, Nov:17 : Sri
Kamal Narayan Das joined as the
first Principal.
1961Feb.10 :
Foundation stone laid by the
former Assam Chief Minister
Bimala Prasad Chaliha.
1961 : Pre-University
(Arts) in the Day shift started.
1961, Aug.1 : The
College shifted to its own
building
1962 : TDC (Arts) in
Day shift started.
1962, May 7 : Storm
incurred heavy damage to the
College building and the
hostels.
1963 : National Cadet
Corps (NCC) started.
1963, April 1 : The
College came under Deficit
system of Grant-in-Aid .
1963 : The first issue
of the Biswanath College
Magazine edited by Mahendra
Goswami, published.
1963, Oct 22 :
Principal Kamal Narayan Das
leaves the College.
1964, .Jan'16 : Sri
Sadananda Chaliha joins as
Principal of the College.
1964, Mar.18 : The
14-membered first Governing Body
formed.
1964,July 19 :Biswanath
College Development Committee
formed.
1967 : The Evening
Shift dropped.
1970, ,July 20 : The
Science Section started in
Pre-University course with 48
students.
1970-71: Honours
course started in History and
Political Science.
1970, Nov. 28 : Formal
Inauguration of the Science
Section by the former Assam
Chief Minister Mahendra Mohan
Choudhury.
1972, Aug.l : National
Service Scheme (NSS) introduced.
1974: Construction of
Girls' Hostel completed.
1976-77 : Two-year BSc
Course introduced.
1978-79: Honours
course in Assamese started. The
Evening Shift in Arts reopened.
1979-80 : Honours
course in Economics introduced.
1982-83 : Honours
courses in Chemistry and Botany
introduced.
1983-84 : Honours
course started in Education. The
Evening Shift converted into
Morning Shift .
1984 : The College
occupied the new Arts building.
1984-85 : Honours
course introduced in Physics.
1985-86 : Major course
introduced in English.
1986-87 : Major course
introduced in Zoology.
1986, Feb. 28 :
Principal SN Chaliha retires.
1986,Oct. 22 : Sri
Lalit Chandra Borah appointed
Principal.
1987, Feb.10 : Late
Najeebur Rahman Memorial
District level Quiz Competition
started.
1987,July 7: Principal
Lalit Chandra Borah expired.
1987July 8: Sri Bhuban
Chandra Chutia as sumes the
charge of the Principal.
1990, Nov. 6 : Sri
Bhuban Chandra Chutia appointed
Principal.
1991, Feb. 20 and 21 :
The College celebrates its
Silver Jubilee.
1991 : Late Chhabilal
Upadhyaya Memorial Trust
constituted.
1991 : Major course in
Mathematics and General
course in Geography (TDC),
Nepali (MIL) and PG class in
History started.
1993,Aug. 31 :
Ex-Principal SN Chaliha expired.
1994 : Statistics (TDC)
introduced.
1994,July 7 : Sri
Rosha Saikia of Education
Department expired.
1995, Feb.28 :
Principal BC Chutia retires.
1996, Sept. 22,23,24 :
The College celebrates the
Silver Jubilee of the Science
section.
1996, Oct. 9 :
Principal-in-Charge MC Talukdar
retires.
1997, Feb.28 : Sri RN
Borthakur retires.
1997, Mar.1 : Sri PC
Gogoi assumes the charge of the
Principal.
1999 : New Library
building, constructed with the
financial assistance from UGC,
inaugurated.
1999, Sept.7 : First
All Assam Inter-College SN
Chaliha Memorial Speech
Competition and N Rahman
Memorial Quiz Competition held.
1999 : Ex-Principal MC
Talukdar passes away.
1999, Nov. 15 :
Uniform for students introduced.
2000, Mar.31 :
Principal PC Gogoi retires.
2000, April 1 : Sri
Purna Hazarika assumes the
charge of the Principal.
2000, July, 4 : The
newly constructed Community Hall
is formally inaugurated and
handed over to Biswanath College
by Sri PK Mahanta, the Chief
Minister of Assam.
2000 : Post-graduate
classes discontinued.
2001 : Major Course in
Philosophy started.
2001, July 18 : Sri
Mahidhar Borah, Head of the
History Department expired.
2001, Dec.11 : Two
computers installed in the
College Office.
2001 : Academic
Calendar introduced.
2002 : First College
Prospectus published.
2002 : Vocational
course in Functional English
started.
2002 : Bisawnath
College centre of the
Post-Graduate Correspondence
School of Gauhati University
started.
2003 : The Bharat
Scouts and Guides introduced.
2003 : One Photostat
Machine and a computer installed
in the Library.
2003 : Eight Cells for
all-round development of the
College constituted.
2003 : The first
half-yearly Newsletter of the
College “Biswanath College Barta”
Published.
2003, 30 Nov. : Purna
Hazarika, Principal-In-Charge
retired.
2004 : NAAC awarded
“B” Grade to Biswanath College.
2004, 30 Sept. :
Dr.C.N.Bhagawati, HoD, Botany,
retired.
2005, 31st January :
B.G. Goswami, HoD, English
retired.
2005 : H.R. Srivastava,
Retd. HoD, English , expired.
2005 : Shri K.D.
Baruah received National Award
for popularization Of Science
through Print media, Radio and
T.V.
2006, 31 August : K.D.
Baruah , HoD, Chemistry ,
retired.
2007, 31 January : H.D.
Mahanta , HoD, Mathematics
retired.
2007, 28 Feb : R.B.
Das, Principal-in-charge
retired.
2007, 31 July : Mehtab
Uddin Ahmed, Principal-in-Charge
retired.
2007 : For
upgradation of IQAC (Internal
Quality Assurance Cell) NAAC
provided
funds for a set of Computer with
Internet facility.
2007, 31 July :
Biswanath College website
http://www.biswanathcollege.org
inaugurated.
2007, 1 August : Dr.
N.N. Gogoi , HoD , History,
assumes office as
Principal-in-charge.
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