Introduction:

J.E.S. College was established in 1958.The History dept. was also established at the same time and started catering education to first year students. The first graduation batch came out in 1961. It is one of the  departments in Arts faculty.

Vision

To create responsible citizens for Nation.

To inform the students about the noteworthy  events  of  human History.

Aim and Objective
To enable the students to study the personalities who made their marks in the pages of history and evaluate them.

To make the students capable of searching and validating the truthfulness of historical events.

To make the students capable for competitive examination .

Scope of the Subject

Today History is not just a record of events but it is an independent branch of study which deals with arts, religion, architecture, traditions, aesthetics, etc. It helps in factual understanding of the things. It increases knowledge, understanding .It creates awareness of time and space, society and culture. It promotes values, it makes us respect the opinions of our fellow beings. It gives us courage   to handle notorious issues with complete sympathy. It inculcates loyalty to the nation. In short, history becomes useful for shaping the personality of balanced future citizens. Hence it is a comprehensive and all encompassing subject.
History narrates the past-which is seen in all its resources too. As Logilos and Sinbos say,’ No documents no history.’ It enlarges human experience. It makes him understand the co-relation between a series of events.  Prof. Alton in his book ‘The Practice of History’ states, ’Historical knowledge gives solidity to the understanding of the present and may suggest guiding lines for the future’.
Moreover, history gives rational attitude and increases reasoning power. R.G. Colling Wood in his book, ‘Idea of History’ speaks of the scope of history in the following words. ‘History has a values, its teachings are useful for human life, simply because the rhythm of its change is likely to repeat itself .Similar antecedents leading to similar consequents,’ the history of notable events is worth remembering in order to serve as a basis for prognostic, judgments not demonstrable but probable laying down not what will happen, but what is likely to happen, indicating the paints of danger in rhythms now going on.