B. N. College is a premier seat of learning in the Western part of Assam and had so far earned many a laurels in the field of education. The college was established with the initiative of the local residents of Dhubri area under the leadership of Mr. Ramani Kanta Bose and Mr. Santosh Kumar Bose. The final decision for establishing a college at Dhubri was taken in a meeting on 26th August, 1944 in Dhubri Govt. High School premises that was presided by Mr. Zahirul Huq Esqr, the then Deputy Commissioner of erstwhile Goalpara district, which was attended by Rai Bahadur A. C. Dasgupta, Rai Bahadur B. M. Dutta, Rai Bahadur A. U. Ghosh, Khan Bahadur Abdul Mozid Ziaos-Shames, Mr. Ramani Kanta Bose, Mr. Zahanuddin Ahmed, Mr. Mucunda Narayan Barua, Mr. Santosh Kumar Bose and many others. A resolution was taken in the meeting to establish ‘Dhubri College’ which was later in 1946 named as ‘Bhola Nath College’ after the name of Bhola Nath Choudhuri, father of Mr. Jyotsna Nath Choudhri, Zamindar of Mechpara who donated Rs. 1 lakh and in addition offered the facilities of using the lands and buildings at Dhubri belonging to his mother till such time as it would be possible for the college to shift to its permanent sites and habitation.
The college started functioning from the present DEEO office of ward No. 2, Dhubri town and was formally inaugurated on the 16th of August 1946 under the principal ship of Dr. Phani Bhushan Ray, M A, Ph.D. Initially the college was affiliated to the Calcutta University. Later on, it became one of the affiliated colleges of Gauhati University when it came into being in 1948. In 1960-61 the college was shifted to the present campus at ward No. 15. of Dhubri town.
