It is very difficult to tell when was the Hons course in Bengali started in this college. B.L was started in 1881 and Master’s courses started in 1892 on those subjects of which Bengali was not available. It is known from the 1912-13′s Rajshahi College report Bengali was taught as Vernacular Composition at I.A, B.A classes and even in English at Hons level in Rajshahi College. It appears that there was no teacher for Bengali before 1918. Basant Kumar Roy, a lecturer in Bengali was noticed for the first time in 1918, though a lecturer in Sanskrit and Bengali named Syamacharan Bhattacharya was noticed from the Report of 1916-17. Bengali was given subject status from Vernacular Composition from 1935-36 session and was taught at I.A and B.A classes as separate subject. Hons course in Bengali was was likely to be turned down in this college in 1937-38. According to the known information Shri Shiva Prasanna lahiri was awarded Hons degree in 1941 from this College.