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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|College in Bihar, India}}<br />
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| established = {{Start date|1889}}<br />
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| academic_affiliation = [[Patna University]]<br />
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| vice_chancellor = Girish Kumar Choudhary<br />
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'''Bihar National College''' is a constituent unit of [[Patna University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated College of Patna University | url=http://www.patnauniversity.ac.in/colleges.html}}</ref> It is a multi-faculty college and offers courses in Science, Humanities, and Arts at graduate level.<ref>[http://bncollege.in/index.php?page=about_us&action=profile Bihar National College Homepage]</ref> It is a post-graduate college but post-graduate teaching has been stopped for many years due to an insufficient number of teachers. At present there are 42 faculty members.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Bihar National College came into being with its status raised to second grade college in year 1889 by the government canto and tobakachi. It was founded as a high school by Babu Bisheshwar Singh in 1883. Later it was raised to the status of [[B.A.]] degree level in 1907 imparting [[Academic degree|degrees]] both in [[arts]] and [[science]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=a-QaOP5nK-MC&pg=PA157&dq=Bihar+National+College+history&hl=en&ei=U-KnTcCuMMHd0QGI6vThBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Bihar%20National%20College&f=false Bihar And Orissa District Gazetteers Patna By L.S.S. O`malley]</ref><br />
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== Campus ==<br />
The college is situated in central [[Patna]] close to [[Gandhi Maidan]] with the river [[Ganges]] flowing south of it. A hostel facility is also available.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=7373206313495391881&q=b+n+college,+patna&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=25.621755,85.144343&sspn=0.017993,0.039439&ie=UTF8&ll=25.631235,85.124602&spn=0,0&z=15 Bihar National College on Google Maps]</ref><br />
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{{Patna University}}<br />
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[[Category:Colleges affiliated to Patna University]]<br />
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Patna]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1889]]<br />
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