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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Local civic body in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox legislature<br />
| name = Kanpur Municipal Corporation<br />
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| coa_res = 100px<br />
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| house_type = Municipal Corporation<br />
| body = Kanpur <br />
| houses = <br />
| leader1_type = Mayor<br />
| leader1 = [[Pramila Pandey]]<br />
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-civic-body-polls-2023-ghaziabad-jhansi-kanpur-saharanpur-shahjahanpur-municipal-corporations-winners-101683948442532.html|title=UP civic body polls 2023: Meet mayors of Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Kanpur, Saharanpur & Shahjahanpur|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref><br />
| election1 = 12 December 2017<br />
| leader2_type = Municipal Commissioner<br />
| leader2 = Arpit Upadhyay, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<br />
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| seats = 110<br />
| established = in 1861 as Municipality of Cawnpore<br />
| structure1 = Kanpur, UP Municipal Corporation 2023.svg<br />
| structure1_res = 300px<br />
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'''Government (73)'''<br />
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (73)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.up.nic.in/site/NewWinnerList2023.aspx|title=2023 UP Municipal Election results|work=ECI Uttar Pradesh|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref><br />
'''Opposition (22)'''<br />
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] (17)<br />
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (5)<br />
'''Others (15)'''<br />
*{{Color box|#B2B2B2}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (15)<br />
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]<br />
| last_election1 = [[2023 Uttar Pradesh municipal elections|11 May 2023]]<br />
| next_election1 = 2028<br />
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| meeting_place = City Hall (KMC Building), [[Moti Jheel]], [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| website = {{url|http://kmc.up.nic.in}}<br />
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'''Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC)''' is a municipal corporation of [[Kanpur]] city in [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kmc.up.nic.in/|title=Kanpur municipal corporation::Birth Certificate.Grievance Redressal.online property tax .Civil Work|website=kmc.up.nic.in|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> Kanpur has area of 108. 63 sq km. The corporation has 110 wards covering area equal to 403 square kilometres.<ref name='Kanpur City'>{{cite web|title=Kanpur City|url=https://kanpursmartcity.org/about-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/kanpur/ward-map.html|title=Kanpur Ward Map|website=www.mapsofindia.com|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801005-kanpur-uttar-pradesh.html|title=Kanpur Municipal Corporation City Population Census 2011-2019 {{!}} Uttar Pradesh|website=www.census2011.co.in|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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The municipality in Kanpur, then ''Cawnpore'' was first established on 22 November 1861 under the chairmenship of a [[District Magistrate]]. Lala Sheo Prasad was the first Vice Chairman of the association of Cawnpore Municipal Committee. The Town Hall building was erected at Cooperganj in the year 1879 with investment of around 2,16,000 rupees.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wi5uAAAAMAAJ&q=Cawnpore+Town+Hall |title = District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Cawnpore|last = Drake-Brockman|first = D. L.|year = 1909}}</ref><br />
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The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} The city became a municipal corporation in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/iitk/history/kanpur.html|title=Kanpur|website=iitk.ac.in|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107174804/http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/iitk/history/kanpur.html|archive-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yugantarpravah.com/news/know-the-history-of-kanpur-nagar-nigam-589103-25-04-2023|title=History Of Kanpur Nagar Nigam : know the history of kanpur nagar nigam|website=Yugantar Pravah|access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Elections==<br />
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''See [[List of mayors of Kanpur]]''<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Kanpur (Mayoral Constituency)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://kmc.up.nic.in/}}<br />
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[[Category:Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:1959 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Kanpur]]<br />
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