[2][3] It was established on July 1, 1957, in Kagmari by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani.

[4] The college is named after his political mentor, Mohammad Ali Jouhar, a renowned leader of the Indian subcontinent and a key figure in the Khilafat Movement.

Government Maulana Mohammad Ali College was established in 1957 by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani and was named after Mohammad Ali Jouhar, an important leader of the Khilafat movement of British India.

In 1958, in the aftermath of the Bengali language movement, a martyr's memorial was erected on campus.

[5] During the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising one student was killed and ten were injured on 4 February when the East Pakistan Rifles opened fire on a demonstration.