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Agra: Raja Balwant Singh College, UP’s one and only NAAC A+ graded college, in Agra celebrated its 166th founder’s day on Friday. Founder of the institute Raja Balwant Singh’s life must be celebrated for his visionary approach towards progress of the nation”.Ambareesh Pal Singh, great grandson of Raja Balwant Singh, congratulated the people and termed the event as “historic”.Minister Jai Pratap Singh said, “I am proud to participate as the chief guest in birth anniversary celebration of Raja Balwant Singh. The high school was raised to the level of an intermediate college in 1928 and to that of a degree college in 1940.” State excise minister Jai Pratap Singh inaugurated a 650-seater mega Rao Krishna Pal Singh auditorium at the Khandari campus of the college.Padma Shri awardee Raghuveer Singh Sirohi said, “Today, RBS College is known around the world for its immense contribution in education. Credit goes to Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh, the founder to get the boarding house, from where the first batch of students appeared at the Matriculation Examination of Allahabad University in 1901..