The efforts to establish Jawahar Lal Nehru PG College, Etah got initiated with the formation of Etah Education Society in 1963. With its affiliation to Agra University, Agra, the college finally got established in 1966 under the aegis of Etah Education Society. The college was started with the pious mission of imparting quality higher education to all sections of the society without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, culture, gender, religion etc.