[3][4] Established on 9 September 1947, it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura with a campus spread over 264 acres (107 ha).

[5] The college is named after former Maharaja of Tripura State, Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur.

Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur, the last king of Tripura, was the architect and founder of this college which was affiliated to University of Calcutta.

An area of 254 acres of land (mostly khas land and small acquired position) was earmarked for the college in the eastern part of the-then small capital town of Agartala.

[6][7] The-then Regent, Kanchan Prava Devi, responded to the needs of these uprooted Bengali students and almost overnight obtained the affiliation of Calcutta University for IA, ISC, BA and BCOM examination.