1850 to 1900 1857 - Sir. Alexander Arbuthnot inaugurated an English medium school1879 - University of Madras affiliated the institution as Second Grade College.1928 - The College premises was shifted to present location after purchasing 11 acres near Maravenari.1932 - Smt. Radhabai Subbaroyan unveiled new building at the cost of One and half Lakh Rupees.1944 - Upgraded to First grade college1944 - Student strength increased from 408 to 10081900 to 1950 1950 to 1975 1960 - Under the Governance of Tamil Nadu State Government1969 - M.Sc Mathematics was started1973 - M.A. History was started1974 - M.A. English was started1976 - Two storey building was built at the cost of Rs 9,11,000/for Physics, Zoology, Geography departments.1978 - M.Sc., Geology course was started on growing demands.1979 - B.A. Co- Operation course transferred from Women’s Govt. Arts college, Salem-81980 - B.Com. course was started1975 to 1980 1980-2000 1983 - Non-semester pattern was introduced1993 - B.Sc Computer Science was started.1994 -M.Phil and Ph.D Research programs were initiated in Chemistry1998 - M.A. Tamil and M.A. Economics were inaugurated.1998 - Foundation stone was laid for centenary celebration building by Honorable Education Minister Prof. K.Anbalagan and Honorable Agricultural Minister Veerapondi S. Arumugam.1998-99 - Become a Co-Educational institution.1999 - 2000 - Semester pattern introduced2000 - NAAC accredited three star status2000 - Honorable Agricultural Minister Veerapondi S. Arumugam had laid foundation for Second storey of centenary building.2000 - 2020 2000 - Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. M .Karunanidhi inaugurated Second storey of centenary building.2002 - M.Phil., Ph.D courses were started in Tamil department.2003 - Vocational Biotechnology course was started in Botany department2004 - BBA, M.Com., M.A Co-operation courses were started2005 - B.A Co-operation Tamil medium, M.Sc Statistics,M.Sc Computer Science, M.C.A., M.Sc., Botany self-financing courses were started.2005 - M.Phil, Ph.D courses were started in Geology2006 - NAAC Re- Accredited with B++ status2007 - The entire self –financing courses were converted to regular courses.2008 -Shift system was introduced2008 - Conferred with Autonomy Status2012 -M.Phil, Ph.D courses were started in Computer science, Commerce and Mathematics2013 - M.A. Human Rights , M.Sc. Physics, M.Sc., Zoology were started2016 - B.A.(Pol.Sc.), B.A.(Pub.Adm.),M.Sc. Geography were introduced2017 - M.A.(Pol.Sc.),M.Phil(Pol.Sc.),M.Phil(Zoology), Ph.D(Physics), Ph.D(Zoology) were introduced. Computerised TC issue introduced.2018 - NAAC Reaccredited with ‘B’ Status2019 - Extension of Autonomous status by UGC (2019-2020 to 2023-2024)
