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In 1947, India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan. Jalpaiguri district was also affected by the partition of India. A large part of Jalpaiguri, covering an area of about 6245 sq km, lies within East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). The partition policy adopted by Radcliffe is attributed behind this division. That is, Patgram, Tetulia, Boda, Pachagarh and Debiganj East Pakistan present Bangladesh) are included. As a result, it goes without saying that the size of the district was naturally reduced during this period. Much has already been made about who was responsible for the aftermath of the partition, who had more of an investigative responsibility or whether the partition could have been prevented. The point to be made here is that the Rajvanshi, Kshatriya Samiti were largely responsible for the partition of this country. In this context, Dr. Anandagopal Ghosh has shown in his research that just as West Bengal's borders were contracted, East Pakistan's borders were expanded to support Pakistan's proposal before the partition of the country. Two of the three MLAs of the Kshatriya Samiti were from Rangpur, one from Dinajpur supporting their demand for Pakistan, the entire Rangpur district, three thanas of Jalpaiguri were annexed to Pakistan. Boda, Debiganj, Patgram in Jalpaiguri district were Rajbanshi dominated thanas. If these members had not supported the Pakistan claim, this police station and some police stations in Rangpur district would have been annexed to West Bengal. This not only extended the boundaries of West Bengal but also placed the Rajvansis on the map as a powerful community in the northern part of West Bengal (1). However, it is better not to enter into a debate about what did not happen. The course of history is ever changing. The country was divided, India gained independence. Meanwhile, Pakistan emerged as a new state. But the situation that arose in contemporary times was dire. In other words, when the Hindus of East Pakistan came to West Bengal after leaving the land of the 14 people, they generally met with insults, insults and intolerance at the official and unofficial levels. This was the universal appearance (2). That is, as a result of partition, a panic and horrible situation was created here. As it is true that an adverse effect of the partition of the country came to the public mind at this time, at that time many people were displaced or refugees and moved to the other side of Bengal, who are called refugees in English. They came here and started living in different parts of the city. In other words, they started to build colonies here due to living conditions. Many Hindu families migrated from East Bengal during this period, and they started settling here. Now the question may arise where is the relationship between education and research We will try to find the answer. New colonies began to spring up on the outskirts of the city and were named at the same time. Of course, even though they were displaced, they could realize the absolute necessity of education in the life of common people, at the same time, it can be said that they were influenced to some extent by the educational policy adopted by the British government. It has already been mentioned that the number of schools in Jalpaiguri district is less than the requirement. The picture is more deplorable in the case of girls, meanwhile, as the population increased due to the development of new colonies in the city, the desire to be educated was also noticed among them. It was noticed that the situation was changing from time to time, that is, it can be said that the work of building schools in various colonies, keeping in mind the needs and demands of the local residents, started from this time.