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List of mayors of Kolkata

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Mayor of Kolkata
Incumbent
Firhad Hakim
since 22 November 2018
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
StyleHonorable Mayor
StatusFirst Citizen of Kolkata
Member ofKolkata Municipal Corporation
ResidenceChetla, Kolkata - 700027
SeatKMC, Headquarter
NominatorDirectly elected by vote
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderChittaranjan Das
Formation16 April 1924; 100 years ago (1924-04-16)
DeputyAtin Ghosh
Websitewww.kmcgov.in

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 now since first election in 1924.[citation needed]

History

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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elections were held, therefore there was no mayor, from 1948 to 1952, since the Calcutta Municipal Corporation had been superseded by the State Government by The Corporation of Calcutta (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1948.[1] In 1952 further mayors were appointed on an annual basis under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of 1951.[1] There was another break in mayoral elections from 1972 during which time the Municipal Corporation had been superseded by the State Government on the Orders of the Governor.[2] From 1985 mayors were elected on a five year term under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980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

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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 16 April 1924 16 July 1925 1 year, 91 days Indian National Congress
2 Jatindra Mohan Sengupta 17 July 1925 3 February 1928 2 years, 201 days
3 Bijoy Kumar Basu 4 February 1928 9 April 1929 1 year, 64 days
(2) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta 10 April 1929 21 August 1930 1 year, 133 days
4 Subhas Chandra Bose 22 August 1930 14 April 1931 235 days
5 Bidhan Chandra Roy 15 April 1931 8 April 1933 1 year, 358 days
6 Santosh Kumar Basu 9 April 1933 3 July 1934 1 year, 85 days
7 Nalini Ranjan Sarkar 4 July 1934 29 April 1935 299 days
8 Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque 30 April 1935 28 April 1936 364 days Krishak Praja Party
9 Harisankar Paul 29 April 1936 27 April 1937 363 days Indian National Congress
10 Sanat Kumar Roy Chowdhury 28 April 1937 28 April 1938 1 year, 0 days
11 A.K.M. Zakaria 29 April 1938 25 April 1939 361 days
12 Nishith Chandra Sen 26 April 1939 23 April 1940 363 days
13 Abdur Rahman Siddiqui 24 April 1940 27 April 1941 1 year, 3 days All-India Muslim League
14 Phanindra Nath Brahma 28 April 1941 28 April 1942 1 year, 0 days Indian National Congress
15 Hem Chandra Naskar 29 April 1942 29 April 1943 1 year, 0 days
16 Syed Badrudduja 30 April 1943 25 April 1944 361 days All-India Muslim League
17 Anandi Lal Poddar 26 April 1944 26 April 1945 1 year, 0 days Indian National Congress
18 Debendra Nath Mukherjee 27 April 1945 28 April 1946 1 year, 1 day
19 Syed Mohammed Usman 29 April 1946 28 April 1947 364 days Krishak Praja Party
20 Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri 29 April 1947 23 March 1948 329 days Indian National Congress
Under Calcutta Municipal Act, West Bengal Act XXXIII of 1951
21 Nirmal Chandra Chunder 1 May 1952 5 March 1953 308 days Indian National Congress
22 Naresh Nath Mookherjee 6 March 1953 24 April 1955 2 years, 49 days
23 Satish Chandra Ghosh 25 April 1955 28 April 1957 2 years, 3 days
24 Triguna Sen 29 April 1957 7 April 1959 1 year, 343 days
25 Bejoy Kumar Banerjee 8 April 1959 5 April 1960 363 days
26 Keshab Chandra Basu 6 April 1960 27 April 1961 1 year, 21 days
27 Rajendranath Majumdar 28 April 1961 7 April 1963 1 year, 344 days
28 Chittaranjan Chatterjee 8 April 1963 25 April 1965 2 years, 17 days
29 Priti Kumar Roy Chowdhury 26 April 1965 23 April 1967 1 year, 362 days
30 Gobinda Chandra Dey 24 April 1967 12 June 1969 2 years, 49 days
31 Prasanta Sur 13 June 1969 22 April 1971 1 year, 313 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
32 Shyam Sundar Gupta 23 April 1971 22 March 1972 334 days All India Forward Bloc
Under Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 West Bengal Act LIX of 1980
33 Kamal Kumar Basu 30 July 1985 29 July 1990 4 years, 364 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
34 Prasanta Chatterjee 30 July 1990 11 July 2000 9 years, 347 days
35 Subrata Mukherjee 12 July 2000 4 July 2005 4 years, 357 days Trinamool Congress
36 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya 5 July 2005 15 June 2010 4 years, 345 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
37 Sovan Chatterjee 16 June 2010 21 November 2018 8 years, 159 days Trinamool Congress
38 Firhad Hakim 22 November 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 365 days

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mayors of Kolkata". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Calcutta Corporation - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation".
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