Bareilly College

Bareily College opened its door as a Government school in 1837 under the Liberal Government of Sir Charles Metcalfe the then Lt. Governor of the North Western Provinces. In 1837 the college began with 57 pupils and Mr. Rogers was its Head master. It is a matter of considerable gratification and pride that Bareilly College has now completed the cycle of One hundred seventy five years of useful services to the cause of the education in the region of Rohilkhand. One hundred seventy five years, it had a very modest beginning. The course of Bareilly College has never smooth & unaccountably awry and baffling it was in the initial stage when it had to battle right royally against the formidable forces of ignorance and superstition masquerading under the name of religiosity