Rajdhani College, .Bhubaneswar, an affiliated college of Utkal University, Odisha started functioning as the Morning Shift of the B.J,B College, Bhubaneswar in the year 1973 offering Intermediate and Degree Courses in the Arts Stream only. Within a short span of two years, it was able to come out of the shadow of the more pronounced elder institution. The College was shifted temporarily to a Government building located in Unit-1 in Bhubaneswar where it continued to function as an independent institution for fourteen long years from 1975 to 1989.