It was a long-cherished dream of the people of Amtala, in the Nowda block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal to have a general degree college in their locality. The dream turned into reality in 1986. Amtala High School (H.S.) of Amtala, Nowda, Murshidabad agreed to donate a piece of land (1.87 acre); materializing the dream and our college Jatindra Rajendra Mahavidyalaya (JRM) has thus been founded on Dec. 6, 1986. It is a government-aided co-educational institution. Formerly the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta now it is affiliated to the University of Kalyani. This General Degree College currently comprises 8 (Eight) departments, offering undergraduate programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences. The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under 2(f) and 12 (B). The railway station nearest to the college is Beldanga (BEB) at a distance of 23 kms from the college campus. The college was reaccredited with Grade "B" (3rd cycle) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in December 2024.

The History behind the establishment of the college is very interesting. The then MLA of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and a renowned political leader Jayanta Biswas tried to establish a college in this locality with the pious vision of educating the boys and girls of the neighbouring villages as at that time there was no college within about 22 kms from the present location of the college. He believed that it is education that can bring about economic, social and cultural reform in the villages. To make his dreams come true two equally popular and energetic persons in this area, Mr. Guru Prasad Biswas and Mr. Birendra Nath Biswas joined hands with him. They donated Rs.1.5 lakh for the Institution and the college was named after their respective fathers, Jatindranath and Rajendranath. The land for the college was provided by Amtala High School.