Cotton College

It has been named after Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, Chief commissioner of Assam (1896-1902). The first Principal of Cotton College was Prof. S.W.

Cotton College came into existence on 27th May 1901 through the untiring efforts of such magnanimous and illustrious sons of the soil like Late Manik Chandra Barooah, Rai Bahadur Bhuban Ram Das and Prabhat Chandra Barua. Frederick William Sudmersen from 1901 to 1926 and the faculties were Prof. Sudmersen, Prof Chunilal de, Prof. Indu Bhusan Brahmachary, Prof. Paresh Nath Lahiri and Prof. Maulvi Abu Nasr Muhammad Oheed.