Bakshirhat Mahavidyalaya(BM), Cooch Behar is a renowned Arts college.

It was the long cherished dream of the people of Bakshirhat Block, situated towards the north-east of West Bengal, in the Cooch Behar district near Assam border. In the month of June of the year 1999 an Organizing Committee was set up for fulfilling this goal. Applications were sent to the Higher Education Department, West Bengal and the University of North Bengal for permission to set up a college. Bakshirhat High School initially gifted six Bighas of land to the Organizing Committee and later on around three and one-fourth Bighas were bought from generous people for setting up the college. Later on people from various walks of life came with help of different kinds of set up the college. On 28^th March 2001 an Inspection Team came from Higher Education Department to find out the possibilities to set up the college in Bakshirhat. Later, on 24^th of October, 2005 the Government gave its final approval for the setting up of the college.

The college was established with an objective to disseminate knowledge to fulfill growing socio-economic and technical manpower needs in the region. The aim of this college is to provide value-based higher education to the people of this locality. The college offers under graduate courses in discipline of Arts. All academic activities are carried out in accordance with the North Bengal University.

The Proper infrastructure of the campus generates an ideal ambiance for studies. The college is affiliated to North Bengal University, established in 1962. This is a state university situated near Siliguri in Darjeeling and was established by Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962.

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