H D JAIN COLLEGE

Established on 21st January, 1942, H.D. Jain College, Ara was the first institution of higher learning ever set up in the economically and academically backward region of Shahabad in fact, the first college between Patna and Varansi. 'It owes its foundation to the Late Babu Har Prasad Das Jain, a rich landlord and philanthropist of the town.