Classes (evening) started from 13th of September 1943 with 15 students in the premises of Kamrup Academy H.S.
It grew under the shadow of World War II and as a part of the nationalistic struggle against foreign rule. Borooah College was established in the year 1943 in the name of Bholanath Borooah, a doyen of Assamese business and a close associate of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
