Maharaja Bir Bikram College

Maharaja Bir Bikram College or MBB College is a degree college of the Indian state of Tripura, imparting general education in the streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities. Established in 1947 it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura with a campus spread over 264 acres. It is located approximately 3 km from the City center. The faculties with staff and students, the library with its collection of books and journals, the laboratories, amenities and opportunities for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and its tradition of over half a century as center of higher learning have earned this college of North-East its present status. The motto of the college, culled from the treasure house of the Upanishadas is "Vidayamrtamasnute" (Knowledge is the key to immortality).NamingThe college is named after former king of Tripura Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur.HistoryMaharaja Bir Bikram College was started functioning in 1947 to meet the needs of college students who had migrated to Tripura from erstwhile East Pakistan. The-then Regent, Mata Maharani Kanchan Prava Devi, responded to the SOS call of these uprooted Bengali students and almost overnight obtained the affiliation of Calcutta University for IA, ISC, B.A. and B. Com. examination.Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur the last king of Tripura was the architect and founder which was affiliated to University of Calcutta. The emperor had planned to establish a college at Agartala as early as 1937. An area of 254 acres of land was earmarked for the college in the eastern part of the-then small capital town of Agartala. It was given the name " Vidyapattan". Construction began in 1937 for which a Trusty Board was formed. The construction had to be abandoned when World War II broke out and the ground floor was converted into an army hospital for British Army moving to and from Burma.