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Type | Government Aided |
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Established | 1885 |
Location | , , 27°12′02″N 77°59′41″E / 27.2005998°N 77.994588°E |
Affiliations | Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University & Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University |
Website | rbscollegeagra.edu.in & fetrbs.org |
Raja Balwant Singh College is located at Bichpuri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.
The college has its beginning as a small boarding house for the Rajput community in 1885, before becoming a high school in 1899, an Intermediate College in 1928, and a Degree College in 1940. It is the first college in India to award a postgraduate degree in agriculture.[citation needed]
RBS College has eight faculties - Arts, Commerce, Education, Science, Agriculture, Engineering pharmacy and Technology, and Management and Computer Application, and six campuses - three in Agra itself besides Bichpuri, Mathura and Awagarh.[citation needed]