B.M College Campus

l campus. B M Clollege, affiliated to Calcutta University, started Honours course in [English language/English] and [Philosophy] in 1922, in Sanskrit and Mathematics in 1925, in Chemistry in 1928, and finally in Economics in 1929. The time from 1922 to 1948 is called the "Golden Period" of the college. The governor of Bengal at that time, Sir Udbarn, once commented on B M College, "The college promises some day to challenge the supremacy of the metropolitan (Presidency) College." After the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the college lacked teachers and the student body fell to one third of its post-war size. This made it difficult to teach the same numbers of courses and as a result the two year Honors curriculum conducted by Calcutta University was replaced with the three Honors curriculum of Dhaka University. As a consequence, Honors courses except Mathematics were abolished in 1950. In 1952, Honors in Mathematics had also been discontinued. In 1964, Honors in Economics restarted. Several other Honors and Masters Courses started between 1972 to 2005. The time since 1965 has been called the "Age of Enrichment" of the college. Former principal Prof. Mohammad Hanif is called the "Architect of Modern Brojo Mohun College". There are 20 degree (pass) courses, 18 Honors courses and 19 Masters courses at BM College. The HSC course was abolished in 1999. The poet Jibanananda Das taught at BM College.