There are some common factors in the higher education system in India. Higher educational institutions in India are controlled and regulated by the Government. However, many major problems exist in the country such as high population growth, poverty, lack of funding, others economical and political parameters. In view of this, the paper studies the historicity of higher education in India. The paper finds that the present system of higher education of India has been growing rapidly after independence but as less comparative with western as well as neighbouring countries because status of Indians decides on the basis of economic and political parameters rather than education.