College of Agricultural Engineering

ABOUT

Overview

The history of Pusa is age-old, which has the roots in the Darbhanga Raj of Tirhut Estate wherein 18th century after the victories of the British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey (1757) and the Battle of Buxar (1764) followed by the Treaty of Allahabad (1765), the imperial government acquired the U-shaped land of Pusa near the right bank of the Burhi Gandak River in 1796. Later on East India Company established a stud farm at Poosah (Pusa), led by Lieutenant Major Frazer (Superintendent, 1793-1808) to breed cavalry horses. This endeavour continued until 1874 but was closed due to an epidemic of gland disease. The Bengal government owned a sprawling estate at Pusa, where it had earlier run a model farm from 1875 to 1876. It was subsequently leased out to the British tobacco firms for experiments on tobacco culture from 1877 to 1897 to meet the requirements of UK cigarette factories.

AT A GLANCE

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ACADEMICS

Courses offered

1 programme at College of Agricultural Engineering

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