Landlord of that time, Roy Bahadur Anandra Chandra Roy, established the college on 24 September 1899. Anandra Chandra Roy was a renowned patron of promoting and developing education in the district. He was a contractor by profession and accordingly set aside a large amount of money to establish a college for the development of higher education in Comilla. Comilla Victoria College was thus born to
fulfill his long cherished dream. In recognition of his noble endeavour, the British Government awarded him the title “Roy Bahadur” after the establishment of the college. A white sculpture was built in front of the main gate of intermediate section of the college to keep the memory of Roy Bahadur alive. At that time, Comilla was under the rule of the empire, hence the college was named as Comilla Victoria College. In 1962-63, the degree section of the college was shifted to its new campus at Dharmapur, which is three kilometers from the old campus at Ranir Dighi. The old campus now houses the offices of the principal and vice-principal, teachers' room, principal's residence, gymnasium, auditorium, library, and science laboratories. The new campus has four new buildings and these are used for academic activities. The college was nationalised in 1968. Many of the students fought in the country's war of independence. ICMA program was started from 1982. In 1984-85, it became a postgraduate college. In 1996, the college had honours courses in 16 subjects. Victoria College is located on 29 acres (120,000 m2) of land including its intermediate and honors section. The total number of departments of the college stands at 18. The departments are Accounting and Management department of Business faculty, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Statistics of Science faculty and English, Social Science, Social Welfare, History, Islamic History, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy and Arabic of Arts faculty. At present, the college has 15,000 students. Students of the college regularly take part in debate. They won many prizes from BTV and others debate competitions. Bangladesh National Cadet Core (BNCC), Rover Scouts are also working at the college. Sandhani and Badhon, two leading blood donation organizations of the country, regularly organise blood donation programmes on the campus where students and teachers participate voluntarily. Comilla Victoria College has produced a large number of scholars, teachers, civil servants, physicians, engineers, politicians and social activists.
*** Finally Department of English is A Royal Department of Comilla Victoria University College.
