Maharaja's College - Milestones in History

Milestones in History

• 1875 - The Cochin Rajas Elementary school started by Cochin Sarkar is upgraded into a college. Mr. A.F. Sealy, M.A. took charge as the first principal. It was Mr. Sealy who had designed the building and hence the name Sealy block. F.A. (First examination in Arts) course started.
• 1908 - Intermediate course started
• 1909 - Two separate hostels started - one for Hindu students and another for Christian students
• 1910 - First college magazine published - on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the Cochin Maharaja, Sir Sri Rama Varma.
• 1925 - Golden Jubilee. Sir C.V. Raman and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan visited the college. The college got its present name - "Maharajas College". The college was raised to a first grade college providing instructions in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, History and Economics affiliated to Madras University. Old Students Association formed.
• 1930 - Three new blocks added to the college. 15-acre (61,000 m2) plot donated to the college - Maharajas ground established.
• 1935 - Diamond Jubily. B. Sc. Courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Zoology started.
• 1947 - B. Sc. Botany started. Year of India's independence. Student's political activities reached new peaks. Student activists hoisted Indian national flag in the Campus and got brutally beaten up by the royal police.
• 1948 - The department of Chemistry that already had research facility started the first P.G. course.
• 1949 - Following the integration of Travancore and Cochin states, the college is transferred from Madras University toTravancore University.
• 1951 - New courses - B.A. (Hons.), M.A. Economics, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. Mathematics.
• 1954 - New course - M.Sc. Applied Chemistry.
• 1956 - Pre University course started. M.A. Malayalam and M.A. English started.
• 1957 - The College comes under Kerala University. M.Sc. Physics started.
• 1959 - New courses - B.A.Sanskrit, M.A. History, M.A. Hindi, M.Sc Zoology.
• 1964 - Pre University Course metamorphed into Pre Degree course. New courses - B.A. Politics, B.A. Philosophy
• 1968 - New courses - B.A.English, B.A. Islamic History, B.A. Arabic
• 1971 - New courses - M.A. Philosophy, M.A. politics.
• 1975 - Centennial - completed 100 years - celebrations in great style with science exhibitions, seminars, symposia etc.
• 1977 - New Centenary Auditorium inaugurated.
• 1979 - New course - M.A. Arabic.
• 1981 - New courses - M.A. Islamic History.
• 1983 - Affiliation changed to newly formed Mahatma Gandhi University.
• 1990 - Maharajas College declared Centre of Excellence. Departments of Chemistry, Hindi, Malayalam and Physics recognised as research centres for research towards Ph. D, under Mahatma Gandhi University.
• 1993 - Maharajas won overall championship of the Mahatma Gandhi University youth festival. A feat to be repeated in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2000.
• 1995 - New course - M.Sc. Statistics.
• 1996 - New courses - B.Sc. Physics - Instrumentation and B.Sc. Environment and Water Management.
• 1997 - R. Shankar Award for the best Government College presented to Maharajas.
• 1998 - New course - B. A. Music
• 1999 - New course - B. Com. with Computer Applications.
• 2000 - Completes 125 glorious years. Accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Maharajas goes online.
• 2006 - Re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council at A - level.
• 2007 - Maharajas College Ground gets synthetic tracks for conducting international athletic events. Students of the college win overall championship of the Mahatma Gandhi University Silver Jubilee youth festival.
• 2009 - Edusat facility installed. Becomes part of Ernakulam cluster of colleges.
• 2010 - Maharajas wins overall championship of the Mahatma Gandhi University youth festival. College selected as a "College with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission.