[2][3] RLBCAU history starts with a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister on 27 July 2009 by a delegation of MPs and MLAs, requesting the establishment of a central agricultural university in the Bundelkhand region.

The first bill for the establishment of the university was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 28 December 2011.

After clarifications, a reintroduction, a report by a committee and a response of the Department of Agricultural Research, "Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act" was passed by both the houses and published on 5 March 2014.

[4] The campus of the university is nearby to Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, and the building of the main campus is inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

[3] The university offers various courses at the UG, PG and Phd level.