Rajabala Das, the first woman graduate from Assam, had the vision to establish a women's college in the 1930s. With the support of her husband Jyotish Chandra Das, she started Gauhati Girls' College on the premises of the high school in 1939. They later obtained land and buildings from the education minister Rohini Choudhury. To secure affiliation with Calcutta University, they received a generous donation from philanthropist Radha Kanta Handique. The college was renamed Handique Girls' College in his honor. Today, it is being upgraded to a university with over 2,600 students and 20 departments.
