[1] It was in the year 1945, a committee was constituted to commemorate the sacrifice of the first Swadeshi navigator and freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai.
The committee first thought of building a monument to the late freedom fighter "Chekkilutha Chemmal", V. O. Chidambaram Pillai and so planned a Town Hall or a big Library.
At that moment Dr. A. L. Mudaliar, the then Vice Chancellor of Madras University had appealed to Philanthropists all over Tamil Nadu to start colleges in unrepresented areas.
The other members saw wisdom in his unconditional support and wholeheartedly endorsed and thus came into being V. O. Chidambaram Educational Society constituted by the above-mentioned five luminaries.
P. Kumarasamy Raja, the then Chief Minister of Madras State, laid the foundation stone of the college in 1947.
In the post 1966 period, this college emerged as a post-graduate centre with the introduction of P.G courses in several disciplines like English and Chemistry.
A Central Hall with gallery and an architecturally elegant Auditorium were later built in the college to organise seminars and cultural programmes.
A big separate library building was constructed recently and its holdings run to 54,367 volumes and it subscribes to 76 journals and periodicals.