The Department of History was introduced with the establishment of the college in 1979. Since then the UG General Course in History was continued till 1999, the very year of the introduction of the UG Honours Course in this subject. Therefore, at present the Honours, UG Programmee Courses have been running. Most of the students of the department belong to the district, Bankura and a few to the neighbouring district like Purulia.Two Whole-time and two State Aided College Teachers are trying their best to run the department smoothly. The departmental output is good.The success rate in the last years in Honours and General courses is nearly 80% and 85 % respectively. Apart from the University Examinations the department arranges a process of continuos assessment of the students like class tests at regular interval, Internal Assesment etc. Time to time historical tours or excursions, departmental seminar,village Survey, Micro Level Research and Publication of Departmental bilingual Journal ‘Prabaha’ is published by the department. The department also maintain a Museum for preservation of Local artifacts and Replica of Historical Sculpture. Many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, Civil Services, Defence Services, etc.