Arabic is one of the most important languages of the world. It is the language of the Glorious Quran, the Hadith and Islamic Sciences as well as the means of communication in the modern world in general and in the Gulf countries in particular. And now at the time of globalization of economic as well as trade and business, the importance of learning Arabic is increasing day by day. So the study of Arabic language and literature emphasizes the learning of subject not as a classical language only but also as a language of communication in the modern world. Mangaldai College has introduced Arabic subject in the Pre-University Class and B.A. pass course level in the academic session, 1979-80 and 1983-84 respectively. And the Major Course has been started from the academic session, 1998-99. The founder teacher of the department was Md. Jamaluddin Ahmed who retired from his service as Associate Professor on 31-12-2015.