History

History has it that the only school at RAHARA,  as far back as 1886, was this very school. The school was then held in the outhouse of late Phanindralal Chowdhury, and had only two teachers. The name of the school was then "Rahara Vernacular Institution". Owing to lack of space, the school was on the verge of extinction when socialist late Bhabanath Bandopadhyay opened his own house to the school. He imparted the name Rahara Banga Vidyalaya to the school. After his demise, local reformers obtained a piece of land from his sons in the middle of Banerjee Para as well as some money. The district board sanctioned five hundred rupees. Roy Bahadur Priyanath Mukhopadhyay donated seven hundred rupees too. A house was built on this land with the money and the school was established there in 1912. It was named Rahara Bhabanath Vidyalaya in memory of Bhabanath Bandopadhyay.

Bhabanath's youngest son, Doctor Surendranath Bandopadhyay and his nephew Rajendra Bandopadhyay had made memorable contributions towards the construction of the school building. To keep the school alive, a lot of people from the locality rendered their services as teachers with meagre or no remuneration.

From 1912 to 1954, this institution was exclusively a primary school.

To this day, this school is a pinnacle of learning for the children of the area. It has a rich heritage and has imparted sound knowledge to its students. Many of the teachers of the school are former students of the school itself.