HISTORY

History Of College

Rameshwari Devi Girls College (A  Government Girls PG College) is situated in Bharatpur city. Bharatpur is the 'Eastern Gateway to Rajasthan’ and was founded by Maharaja Surajmal in 1733 AD. It was once an impregnable well-fortified city, carved out of the region formerly known as Mewat.

The name Bharatpur was derived after  the name of Bharat, the  brother  of  Lord  Rama,  whose other  brother Laxman was  worshipped as the family  deity of  Bharatpur rulers.

  The College was established in 1971. Initially, it was started in the Kishori Mahal, a building of the erstwhile Maharaja of Bharatpur as a Degree College with the faculty of Arts. In 1976 it was shifted to its present building which was built by Badri Prasad Seva Trust devoted to Rameshwari Devi. The faculties of Commerce and Science were introduced in 1984 and 1986 respectively. The Post-graduation in the subjects of Sociology and Sanskrit was started in 1994. The post-graduation in the subject of Hindi was begun in 2009.