HISTORY

The saga of Farook College begins in the early 1940's, in the obscure Anakkayam village in Malappuram District, where a learned man ruminated on ways and means of spreading the light of knowledge among the members of his community who were floundering in the darkness of ignorance. He was Moulavi Abussabah Ahmed Ali, the founder President of the Rouzathul Uloom Association, which established Farook College. The first institution the 'Rouzathul Uloom Arabic College' was started in 1942 in Anakkayam. In 1946 a committee was formed with the intention of starting a first grade college. This committee consisted of

The Committee had to start from scratches. Land and buildings had to be acquired. Janab Puliyali Abdullakutty Hajee donated 22 acres of the present campus. Even before construction could be completed, an application was submitted to Madras University for recognition as a first grade College. Thanks to the interest taken by the then Vice Chancellor of Madras University, Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar and the generosity of several social workers and philanthropists, recognition was granted in July 1948. The college was named Farook College through a resolution adopted by the Managing Committee on June 12, 1948, a name commemorative of Khalifah Umar Al-Farook and Tippu Sultan's Farookabad. 
On August 12, 1948 the college was declared open. It was the only first grade college in the central Malabar at the time of its inception and was originally affiliated to the Madras University. Following the states, reorganization, the college came under the University of Kerala in 1957 and under the University of Calicut in 1968. The College celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1974, the 40th Anniversary in 1989 and the Golden Jubilee in 1999- 2000.