Established on 1888 by Maharaja Nripendra Narayan, the Victoria College was the crown jewel of higher education of the princely state of Cooch Behar, as it was the prime seat of graduate level education in undivided Northern Bengal. Later on, the Institution flourished under the leadership of renowned philosopher and educationist Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal. In 1970, when the college was taken by the Government of West Bengal, and was brought under West Bengal Education Service, it was renamed after its legendary Principal Acharya Seal. Since 2016, this college is affiliated to the Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University.