The school was soon elevated to a Government College, with 57 enrolled students and Mr. Rogers as its headmaster.

[3]: 140  In the year 1850, it was recognized as a Government Degree College with Mr. Vernon Tregear (1850–53) as its first principal.

A committee was constituted and the collection of subscriptions resulted in amassment of Rs 80,000 by 1883.

It was placed under the management of a local committee with a government grant of Rs 1800 a year while the remaining income was derived from an endowment fund.

[3]: 140  As per a 1904 report by the Indian Ministry of Education, it was a semi-official college managed by a local committee and a pre-university institution.

A new building was added to it in 1905, whose cornerstone was laid by Sir James John Digges la Touche the then lieutenant governor of the Northern Province, now known as Uttar Pradesh.

[8] The college also has a swimming pool, cafeteria, and a residential boarding house by the name Azad Hostel.

Almost two centuries old, this college initially had four boarding houses converted into offices with time.

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