Kedarnath Girdharilal Khatri Degree College was established as a primary school in 1944. With the incessant efforts of Late Sahu Girdharilal ji and his able son Sahu Sambhunath Khanna ji the primary section gradually took the shape of the Degree College in 1948.

Since 68 years, the college serves and caters the need of the students from around every nook and corner of the city. The college further was upgraded to Post Graduate Departments in 1950 with the blessings, efforts and patronage of the founders.

In the passage of time the Institution became one of the best colleges of Agra University; the contributions of nationally acclaimed and internationally reputed teachers could not be ignored as well in making the institution among the best in the entire Moradabad division.

K.G.K. Degree college is situated far from the madding crowd and noisy ambience and the squalor of the city life. Students from all the caste, creed, sects, and religion continuously empowering the atmosphere of teaching and learning process day by day. The college was affiliated to M.J.P. Rohilkhand University in 1975 and follows the guidance of the same University accordingly.