Bhagalpur National College, Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur National College is located within the municipal limit of Bhagalpur City, one of the oldest Divisional Headquarters of Bihar. It is situated beside the National Highway (NH-80) linking Patna-Kolkata. The college is one of the premier constituent units of T.M. Bhagalpur University. The college has a homogeneous sprawling campus stretching an area of about 4 acres. The river Ganga flows only one km away the North of the college. Bhagalpur, popularly known as a silk city, has a great historical antiquity. Bhagalpur has been a famous commercial and industrial centre with specialization in silk industry and trade since time immemorial. There is a good amalgamation of Marwari, Bengali, Angika and Urdu languages and cultures. Eminent distinguished personalities like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Ashok Kumar etc; lived here. Established in 1960, the college passed through phases of growth, expansion and produced a number eminent personalities in sphere of politics, administration, social services and academic.