College of the Month

Dhanamanjuri (D.M.) College

With a basic idea to impart higher education to the people of Manipur the Dhanamanjari College, for short, the D.M. College, was established on the 6th August 1946 with the donation of a sum of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees ten thousand) by the then Dowager Queen, Dhanamanjuri Devi of Manipur. The College was establish after a protracted but a determined efforts since about 1939-40 on the part of a group of local enthusiasts with vision and strong desire, love and zeal for imparting higher and quality education in the state of Manipur. Notable among them was Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi who donated not only money but also persuaded Maharaj Churachand Singh, KCSU, CBE, to patronize the establishment of such an institution, the first of its kind in the state. The name of the college as Dhanamanjuri Collegewas rightly given after the Maharani in recognition of the valuable service rendered by her. In 1948 the college came under the management of the state.
The D.M. College was for the first time affiliated to the Calcutta University in 1946 but later affiliated to the Guwahati University, Assam in August 1949. The college emerged as one of the most famous and popular Colleges of the North Eastern part of India during the period between 1949 and 1981, taking top positions in most of the disciplines over and above their superb performances in sports and other co-curricular activities.
The College was affiliated to Manipur University  in 1981 and in 1972, the post graduate classes got merged with the Jawaharlal Nehru University Centre, Imphal which was later on shifted to Canchipur, the present site of the Manipur University.
Dhanamajuri College which originally started with  the Arts stream only has a most illustrious saga of academic brilliance in the history of higher education in Manipur. Till date, the college has produced a large number of academicians, intellectuals and many outstanding individuals of high professional caliber which form the cream of the Manipur society.
The college expanded in size and enrolment with the introduction of Science subjects in 1951 and Commerce stream in 1954. The imparting of B.T. course was started in 1959. However, the faculty of B.T. was soon separated to became a full-fledged Post-graduate Training College in 1972 now renamed as D.M. College of Science which retained the original building. Later, D.M. College of Arts and Commerce was shifted to the present site within the sprawling D.M. College Campus.
The growing size of classes and the need for a separate Commerce College led to a further bifurcation into D.M. College of Arts and D.M. College of Commerce on August 6, 1996 while D.M. College celebrated its golden jubilee in 2006.
D.M. College of Science, the only Cadre A-Science College in the state came into existence in the year 1975 with the ramification of the parent Dhanamanjuri College that continued to flourish and enjoy national status, a rare enviable honour achieved by a degree college in the North Eastern Region of India.

Hostel:

For boys’ the new Boys Hostel offers residential facilities. The hostel has a capacity of about 100 students. Students seeking accommodation in the hostel shall have to apply separately to the Superientendent. The New Boys’ Hostel is the only hostel for this College. As the accommodation is very much limited, many students from the far away places stay out of necessity in the rented house around the College campus. There is acute necessity of some more boys’ hostels.
For girls’, Hostel facility is available in G.P. Women’s’ Girl’s Hostel situated inside the Campus.

Canteen:

The College has a canteen and a consumers’ store for the employees and the students inside the Campus.

Girl’s Common Room:

It is exclusively for the girls students of the College. It is also equipped with newspapers, periodicals, various indoor games etc.

Boys’ Common Room:

It is equipped with newspapers, periodicals, various in door games etc.

Music:
There are facilities for imparting instruction in vocal and instruments music under a qualified teacher.

The college has many play grounds for different games and sports activities. An Inter- House Games and Sports Meet is held annually.

Library:

The College has a well-stocked library serving the reference/additional source materials for the students in the different academic disciplines. Students of the college can avail of the facilities as per library rules issued separately.

Working days of the library : Monday to Saturday except 2nd Saturday

Working hours of the library: 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Total number of books in the library 55,235