Built up on 21st January, 1942, H.D. Jain College, Ara was the main establishment of higher adapting ever set up in the monetarily and scholastically in reverse locale of Shahabad truth be told, the primary school among Patna and Varansi. 'It owes its establishment to the Late Babu Har Prasad Das Jain, a rich landowner and giver of the town. He himself had minimal formal training however was an incredible admirer of learning and solidly accepted that advancement and learning strolled affectionately intertwined. He executed a trust deed and gave all his property to philanthropies in 1918.He established Sri Adinath Trust and set apart sixty thousand rupees for setting up a school at Ara in 1919.  Obviously he was roused to do as such inferable from his dauntless love of learning and intrinsic charity. He had the help and co activity of his dear companions Sri Suparshwadas Gupta, an educationist and resigned officer, Sri Chakreshwar Kumar Jain, Sri Nirmal Kumar Jain and Babu Awadh Bihari Sharan, a lawful illuminating presence of the town.  Sadly Babu Harprasad Das Jain passed away less than ideal in 1920 and the school by one way or another or the other didn't see the light of the day till 194 1. In any case, it was established on the promising day of Vasant Panchami (21" January) in 1942. SriAdinath Trust liberally gave Rs. 1,55000 for its working and the executives. The school was named after Babu Harprasad Das Jain as an appreciative tribute to the favored soul. Inside a couple of long stretches of its commencement the school made extraordinary steps; its popularity spread far and wide and understudies from practically all pieces of Bihar and the neighboring territory of UP began pouring in. Because of its elevated expectation of value instructing and scholastic interests it made an imprint as one of the main establishments of Bihar and won acknowledgment even on the national level. In regard to the solicitation of the school Governing Body the past leader of Dumraon, Maharaja Bahadur Ram Ran Vijay Prasad Sing , gave 21 bighas and 10 Katthas of land to this school in the core of the town. A little inn was at first based on that land parcel, and later on a huge inn was developed there with the guide of the UGC.