COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

• The emblem of College bears a picture of the Sun with a lotus in the middle and an inscription विद्ययाविन्दतेमृतम् on it.
  

• The Sun is the perennial source of energy and light symbolizing “Dispelling the Darkness of ignorance and radiating the light of Learning” Knowledge & Wisdom.

• The Lotus with its eight petals symbolically suggests the union of the eight elements, viz, The Sun, The Moon, The Earth, The Sky, The Water, The Fire, the Air & all living organisms. It blossoms with the Sun light, and though constantly living in water remains unaffected by it. It further suggests the Philosophy of selfless action spelt out in the Gita.
• विद्ययाविन्दतेमृतम् suggests that education offers as its reward the life sustaining sector. In short, the emblem suggests that as the Sun shines &sustains uniformly on one & all on the earth, so does this Centre of learning impart education to its students with all fairness, honesty & integrity, preparing them for their respective roles in nation building.

College Anthem

जयति जय हे विद्या प्रांगण, नवल नित तेरा पदवन्दन

विष्वामित्र की सिद्ध भूमि पर

जैन महाविद्यालय सुन्दर

वसुन्धरा को नव प्रभात का अनुपम अभिनन्दन

भोजपुरी का परम सुहावन

यह विद्या मन्दिर अति पावन

शेरषाह औ‘ वीर कुंवर के शौर्य सुयष दर्पण

वाणभट्ट साहित्य विभूषण

षिवपूजन और‘ राधिकारमण

सदल मिश्र की जन्मभूमि के ज्योतिर्मय विरचन

सुरसरि सोनभद्र का संगम

आरा रम्य अरण्य तीर्थ सम

यह मिट्टी तेरे सौरभ से आज बनी चन्दन

मधुर मनोहर विस्तृत परिसर

भवन चारु चित्रित अति सुन्दर

‘विद्ययाविन्दतेमृतम्‘ भूषित जन-गण-मन रंजन

सत्य शील विज्ञान विभामय,

जय जय जैन महाविद्यालय

हर प्रसाद की कृति पताका तुझको कोटि नमन

Established on 21st January, 1942, H D Jain College, Ara was the first institution of higher learning ever set up in the economically and academically backward region of Sahabad, in fact the first college between Patna and Varanasi. ‘It owes its foundation to the Late Babu Harprasad Das Jain, a rich landlord and philanthropist of the town. He himself had little formal education but was a great lover of learning and firmly believed that progress and learning walked arm in arm. He executed a trust deed and donated all his property to charities in 1918. He founded Sri Adinath Trust and set apart sixty thousand rupees for setting up a College at Ara in 1919. Needless to say he was inspired to do so owing to his indomitable love of learning and innate philanthropy. He had the support and co-operation of his close friends Sri Suparshwa Das Gutpa, an educationist and retired magistrate, Sri Chakreshwar Kumar Jain, Sri Nirmal Kumar Jain and Babu Awadh Bihari Sharan, a legal luminary of the town.

Unfortunately Babu Harprasad Das Jain passed away untimely in 1920 and the college somehow or the other didn’t see the light of day till 1941. However, it was founded on the auspicious day of Vasant Panchami (21st January) in 1942. Sri Adinath Trust generously donated Rs. 1,55,000 for its functioning and management. The college was named after Babu Harprasad Das Jain as a grateful tribute to the blessed soul. Within a few years of its inception the college made great strides; its fame spread far and wide and students from almost all parts of Bihar and the neighbouring state of UP started pouring on. On account of its high standard of quality teaching and academic pursuits it made mark as one of the leading institutions of Bihar and won recognition even on the national level. In deference to the request of the college Governing Body the erstwhile ruler of Dumraon, Maharaja Bahadur Ram Ran Vijay Prasad Singh, donated 13.35 acres of land to this college in the heart of the town. A small hostel was initially built on the piece of land, and later on a large hostel was constructed there with the aid of the UGC.

The college was affiliated to Patna University, then the only university in Bihar. Initially it was granted permission to impart teaching in Arts and Commerce faculties upto graduation level. Teaching in Science faculty was started in 1951. Recognizing the standard of its quality teaching Patna University granted permission for teaching Honours Courses in Hindi and Economics in 1945, and thereafter in Political Science in 1953.