The "Government Autonomous Girls PG College of Excellence, Sagar" was established in 1964 by the Municipal Corporation of Sagar. It was called as Girls Degree College, Sagar in 1964. On 11 January, 1978, it was taken over by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and it got the status of a government college. When it became a government college, it was named as Government Girls Degree College, Sagar. It was affiliated to Dr. Harisingh Gour University and continued to be affiliated till 2014. After Dr. Harisingh Gaur University became a Central University, a new university was established by the Government of Madhya Pradesh which is called as Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University. It is in Chhatarpur. So, today this college is affiliated to Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University, Chhatarpur.

When this college became a government college in 1978, the number of girl students was 389, which has now grown to 10, 700.Initially there were only Arts and Home Science faculties in this college, and it was only up to UG level, but today there are Science and Commerce faculties also and classes up to PG level are being held.  View more..