In June 1974, a demand committee was organised under the chair of K. Paichho, the then Executive Member of Mara Autonomous District Council.

By public pressure, Saiha College was inaugurated on 20 July 1978 with only a pre-university course.

[2] The college campus with an area of 6.5 ha (5.6 in revenue measurement) was allocated by the Mara Autonomous District Council on 14 February 1984.

The college has buildings for classrooms (separate for arts and science), office, girls' hostel, library, laboratory, students' common room, parking lot, canteen and staff quarters.

[3] Government Saiha College offers postgraduate courses in public administration, economics, political science, sociology, and English, though IGNOU.