Gandhi Jayanti Day in 1986, Indira Gandhi Government College, the third biggest College of the State, appeared in Tezu, a beautiful town, Head Quarters of Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh. The College takes into account the higher instructive needs of six areas of the eastern piece of the State. At first began in an edge of the structure of the District Industries Center (DIC) with 42 understudies and eight employees in five offices, the College was later moved to a relinquished structure of Navodaya Vidyalaya lastly to the present changeless site of 210 sections of land in 1995. Throughout the years the College experienced critical development both regarding quality and amount. The Commerce stream was presented in 2004 and endeavors are on for the presentation of Science stream. The quality of understudies during the Academic Session (2009-10) is 1,501 with 27 Faculty Members. The Department of Education is recently presented during the Session 2007-08. The College has 17 Class Rooms, a Computer Center, Laboratory for Geography Department, Library with 15,000 books, Play Ground, adequate Sports Equipment, Two Busses, Gypsy, Generator Set, Fax Machine, Xerox Machine, 34 Computers, Audio-visual Equipment, Staff Quarters, Boys and Girls Hostels, Post office, NCC, NSS, IGNOU Study Center, Distance Education Center (Rajiv Gandhi University), EDUSAT (ROT) Facility, Students Recreation Room, Canteen and so on.. Understudies of this College are furnished with Travel Concession and Educational Excursion. The College gives a magnificent chance to the understudies to share their artistic abilities through the in-house Magazine "Skyline" and Wall Magazine "Orchestra". Various Committees and Cells are working in the College for its overall advancement. As a consolation to justify, H.E. the Governor's Award and Hon'ble MLA Shri Karikho Kri's Awards are given to the praiseworthy understudies and understudies who secure most astounding participation in consistently. The College sacks positions in University Exams., and prizes in Inter-College Competitions. The College is associated to Rajiv Gandhi University (a Central University), Itanagar (earlier Arunachal University). The College has properly been perceived by the University Grants Commission under the UGC Act, Section 2(f),12(B) w.e.f. 25-07-1995 and is certify by NAAC with B+ Grade.