[5] When the British government established an English school in the town in 1871, it received backlash from locals.

[6] In 1950, Dr. Ali Malpa started his efforts to establish an Islamic seminary, and guidance was taken from various Islamic scholars like Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Abdul Bari Nadwi Lucknowi, Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi, Shah Wasiullah Fatehpuri, Qari Muhammed Tayyib Qasmi, etc.

Abdul Qadir Jaan donated 2 acres of land, and on August 20, 1962, famous scholar Arshad Ahmed Qasimi from darul Uloom Deoband officially opened Jamia Islamia Bhatkal.

[7] The library inside the campus is certified by UGC as a research-level facility for Islamic, philosophy and Arabic studies.

[8] This library has a collection of 40000 books in Arabic and English, about philosophy, jurisprudence, religion, literature, Islamic law.