INTRODUCTION

THE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED AND STARTED IN THE HISTORICAL CITY OF BHINMAL IN THE YEAR 1966. A LARGE TRACT OF LAND WAS ACQUIRED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY EN ROUTE TO RANIWARA, A NEARBY TOWNSHIP. THE SHEER ENORMITY OF THE LANDSCAPE IS BREATH TAKING. THE ENTIRE AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE COLLEGE BUILDING AND ADJOINING STRUCTURES (A HOSTEL BUILDING FOR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTIAL STAFF QUARTERS) WAS GIVEN IN DONATION BY SETH SHRI GHAMANDI RAM KEWAL JI GOWANI, A RENOWNED PHILANTHROPIST AND BUSINESS MAGNATE. THE GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN NAMED THE COLLGE GHAMANDI RAM KEWAL JI GOWANI GOVERNMENT COLLEGE AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE TO THE HERCULEAN EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN BY SETH JI. IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT MID-60s WAS PERIOD OF CRISIS FOR THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS REELING UNDER A SEVERE SPELL OF DROUGHT AND BEARING THE BURNTS OF A TREACHEROUS WAR WITH A HOSTILE NEIGHBOUR. SETH JI’s GENERIOCITY WAS UNBOUNDED WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL HALLMARK OF RICH AND BENIGNANT MARWARI TRADITIONS OF CHARITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COLLEGE THE GOWANI FAMILY MAINTAINED AN ATTITUDE OF UNRESTRAINED BENEVOLENCE, THE SCIENCE-BLOC BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN THE EARLY 90s IS A LIVING TESTIMONY TO THIS UNCHALLENGED FACT.