Sri Nripendranath Dhar, a renowned advocate and educationist was the pioneer in this field.

Hooghly Women's College thus started pulsating in the little concrete structure named Mission House” with only 17 students in Chinsurah Maidan in the banks of River Ganga in a day in the year 1943.

After the Independence of India, in 1948, the Government of West Bengal adopted policies and programs to spread women's education.

The first principal to grace the chair of Hooghly Women's College was Sri Kalipada Mitra.

[2] Recently, Hooghly Women's College has been awarded B++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).