- The Cochin Rajas Elementary school started by Cochin Sarkar is upgraded into a college. Mr. Alfred Forbes Sealy, M.A. took charge as the first principal. It was Mr. Sealy who had designed the building and hence the name Sealy block. F.A. (First examination in Arts) course started. 1908 - Intermediate course started 1909 - Two separate hostels started - one for Hindu students and another for Christian students 1910 - First college magazine published - on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the Cochin Maharaja, Sir Sri Rama Varma. 1925 - Golden Jubilee. Sir C.V. Raman and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan visited the college. The college got its present name - "Maharajas College". The college was raised to a first grade college providing instructions in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, History and Economics affiliated to Madras University. Old Students Association formed. 1930 - Three new blocks added to the college. plot donated to the college - Maharajas ground established. 1935 - Diamond Jubily. B.Sc. Courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Zoology started. 1947 - B.Sc. Botany started. Year of India's independence. Students' political activities reached new peaks. Student activists hoisted Indian national flag in the Campus and got brutally beaten up by the royal police. 1948 - The department of Chemistry that already had research facility started the first P.G. course. 1949 - Following the integration of Travancore and Cochin states, the college is transferred from Madras University to Travancore University. 1951 - New courses - B.A. (Hons.), M.A. Economics, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. Mathematics. 1954 - New course - M.Sc. Applied Chemistry. 1956 - Pre University course started. M.A. Malayalam and M.A. English started. 1957 - The college comes under Kerala University. M.Sc. Physics started. 1959 - New courses - B.A.Sanskrit, M.A. History, M.A. Hindi, M.Sc. Zoology. 1964 - Pre University Course metamorphed into Pre Degree course. New courses - B.A. Politics, B.A. Philosophy 1968 - New courses - B.A.English, B.A. Islamic History, B.A. Arabic 1971 - New courses - M.A. Philosophy, M.A. politics, M.A. Sanskrit 1975 - Centennial - completed 100 years - celebrations in great style with science exhibitions, seminars, symposia etc. 1977 - New Centenary Auditorium inaugurated. 1979 - New course - M.A. Arabic. 1981 - New courses - M.A. Islamic History. 1983 - Affiliation changed to newly formed Mahatma Gandhi University. 1990 - Maharaja's College declared Centre of Excellence. Departments of Chemistry, Hindi, Malayalam and Physics