List of mayors of Kolkata

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Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox political post The Mayor of Kolkata is the chief executive of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, one of the civic authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata. He is the First Citizen of the city of Kolkata. There have been 38 mayors of Kolkata in total till nowTemplate:When since the first mayoral election in 1924.Template:Citation needed

History

The first Kolkata Municipal Election was held on 16 April 1924, during the time of British India, under the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 - Bengal Act III of 1923.[1] Mayors were elected on an annual basis. No corporation elections were held, therefore there was no mayor, from 1948 to 1952, since the Calcutta Municipal Corporation had been superseded by the State Government by The Corporation of Calcutta (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1948.[1] In 1952 further mayors were appointed on an annual basis under the Calcutta Municipal Act, West Bengal Act XXXIII of 1951.[1] There was another break in mayoral elections from 1972 during which time the Municipal Corporation had been superseded by the State Government on the Orders of the Governor.[2] From 1985 mayors were elected on a five year term under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 West Bengal Act LIX of 1980.[1]

List of mayors

List of Mayors of Kolkata
S. No. Name Portrait Term[3] Party
Under Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 - Bengal Act III of 1923
1 Chittaranjan Das File:Chittaranjan Das 2.jpg 16 April 1924 16 July 1925 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" rowspan="8" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2 Jatindra Mohan Sengupta File:Deshpriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta.jpg 17 July 1925 3 February 1928 Template:Age in years and days
3 Bijoy Kumar Basu 4 February 1928 9 April 1929 Template:Age in years and days
(2) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta File:Deshpriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta.jpg 10 April 1929 21 August 1930 Template:Age in years and days
4 Subhas Chandra Bose File:Subhas Chandra Bose NRB.jpg 22 August 1930 14 April 1931 Template:Age in years and days
5 Bidhan Chandra Roy File:Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in 1943 (cropped).jpg 15 April 1931 8 April 1933 Template:Age in years and days
6 Santosh Kumar Basu 9 April 1933 3 July 1934 Template:Age in years and days
7 Nalini Ranjan Sarkar 4 July 1934 29 April 1935 Template:Age in years and days
8 Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque File:A k fazlul hoque.jpg 30 April 1935 28 April 1936 Template:Age in years and days Krishak Praja Party width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
9 Harisankar Paul 29 April 1936 27 April 1937 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
10 Sanat Kumar Roy Chowdhury 28 April 1937 28 April 1938 Template:Age in years and days
11 A.K.M. Zakaria 29 April 1938 25 April 1939 Template:Age in years and days
12 Nishith Chandra Sen 26 April 1939 23 April 1940 Template:Age in years and days
13 Abdur Rahman Siddiqui File:1921 Abdur Rahman Siddiqui.jpg 24 April 1940 27 April 1941 Template:Age in years and days All-India Muslim League width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
14 Phanindra Nath Brahma 28 April 1941 28 April 1942 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
15 Hem Chandra Naskar File:Hemchandra Naskar.webp 29 April 1942 29 April 1943 Template:Age in years and days
16 Syed Badrudduja File:Syed Badrudduja.jpg 30 April 1943 25 April 1944 Template:Age in years and days All-India Muslim League width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
17 Anandi Lal Poddar 26 April 1944 26 April 1945 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
18 Debendra Nath Mukherjee 27 April 1945 28 April 1946 Template:Age in years and days
19 Syed Mohammed Usman 29 April 1946 28 April 1947 Template:Age in years and days Krishak Praja Party width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
20 Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri 29 April 1947 23 March 1948 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Under Calcutta Municipal Act, West Bengal Act XXXIII of 1951
21 Template:Ill 1 May 1952 5 March 1953 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress width="4px" rowspan=10 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
22 Naresh Nath Mookherjee 6 March 1953 24 April 1955 Template:Age in years and days
23 Satish Chandra Ghosh 25 April 1955 28 April 1957 Template:Age in years and days
24 Triguna Sen 29 April 1957 7 April 1959 Template:Age in years and days
25 Bejoy Kumar Banerjee 8 April 1959 5 April 1960 Template:Age in years and days
26 Keshab Chandra Basu 6 April 1960 27 April 1961 Template:Age in years and days
27 Rajendranath Majumdar 28 April 1961 7 April 1963 Template:Age in years and days
28 Chittaranjan Chatterjee 8 April 1963 25 April 1965 Template:Age in years and days
29 Priti Kumar Roy Chowdhury 26 April 1965 23 April 1967 Template:Age in years and days
30 Gobinda Chandra Dey 24 April 1967 12 June 1969 Template:Age in years and days
31 Prasanta Sur File:Prasanta Sur - Calcutta 1995-06-15 019.jpg 13 June 1969 22 April 1971 Template:Age in years and days Communist Party of India (Marxist) width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
32 Shyam Sundar Gupta 23 April 1971 22 March 1972 Template:Age in years and days All India Forward Bloc width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Under Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 West Bengal Act LIX of 1980
33 Kamal Kumar Basu 30 July 1985 29 July 1990 Template:Age in years and days Communist Party of India (Marxist) width="4px" rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
34 Prasanta Chatterjee File:Prasanta Chatterjee - Meeting Between CMC And NCSM Officers - Science City Site - Dhapa - Calcutta 1993-04-22 0588.JPG 30 July 1990 11 July 2000 Template:Age in years and days
35 Subrata Mukherjee 12 July 2000 4 July 2005 Template:Age in years and days Trinamool Congress width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
36 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya 5 July 2005 15 June 2010 Template:Age in years and days Communist Party of India (Marxist) width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
37 Sovan Chatterjee File:Sovan Chatterjee - Kolkata 2015-10-22 6615.JPG 16 June 2010 21 November 2018 Template:Age in years and days Trinamool Congress width="4px" rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
38 Firhad Hakim File:Firhad Hakim.jpg 22 November 2018 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mayors of Kolkata. Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
  2. ↑ Calcutta Corporation - Banglapedia. en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ↑ Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
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