BRM Government Law College is a government

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situated at L. N. Bezbaruah Road, Panjabari in

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in the

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n state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. It offers 5 Year integrated B.A.

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. and

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. course affiliated to

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. This College is recognised by Bar Council of India (BCI),

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History

BRM Government Law College was established in 1914. Manik Chandra Baruah proposed to

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in 1903 to establish a law college in Assam. It is the premiere institution for legal studies in

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which was initially named after Sir

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, the then

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. Latter it was named after Bishnuram Medhi, a freedom fighter and Indian politician. Famous writer and scholar

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was the first principal of this college. From 1914 to 1947, the college was under the Calcutta University. In 1948 it came under the jurisdiction of Gauhati University.

References

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