RB Girls’ College, located in the Fatasil area, is the second women’s college in Guwahati, named after Kamakhya Ram Barooah, who was a renowned advocate, social worker, philanthropist, and pioneer in the development of women’s education and women’s welfare. In spite of being an advocate, he worked for the advancement of women’s education. He established the Haripriya Vidyapith and Kaliram Barooah Suwali High Schools for the advancement of girl education.
The history of K.R.B.
Girls’ College goes back to 1966, when the idea of setting up a girls college for women’s education in the underdeveloped western part of Guwahati City was conceived. Initially, a 12-bigha plot of land was donated in Durgasarovar by the family of Kamakhya Ram Barooah, but the college could not be established there due to opposition from the local people. However, this did not hamper the enthusiasm of the people, and the Honourable Debendranath Sarma, founder GB President of the college, along with a few others, namely Sjt Prabir Ram Barooah, Sjt Kanak Lal Das, Sjt Mohan Chandra Kalita (Founder Principal), Sjt Suren Ram Phulan, Sjt Manik Chandra Deka, Sjt Narayan Chandra Bhattacharyya, and Sjt Chandradhar Deka, continued their efforts to find a plot of land for the college.
Sjt. Debendranath Sharma approached the authorities of Gopala Nanda Ashram, Shantipur, about starting the college on the ashram land. At that time, the authorities of the ashram had not paid the tax on the ashram land for.