Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor List: Kolkata Municipal Corporation which is the largest corporation in West Bengal. Starting from the maintenance of the city of Kolkata, drinking water, street drains, sewage cleaning etc. is done by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. From 1924, the Calcutta Corporation started voting in a democratic manner and Chittaranjan Das was elected as the first mayor of the Calcutta Corporation in 1924. Since then, a total of 38 mayors have been elected in Kolkata Corporation. Name, period, political party etc. of these 38 mayors can be seen in detail in the list below.
KMC Mayor List (1924-2023): Presently the Mayor of Calcutta Corporation is Hon’ble Firhad Hakim, he has been the Mayor of Kolkata since 22 November 2018. The Mayor of Calcutta was recognized as the first citizen of Calcutta. Kolkata is divided into 144 wards under the Corporation and these wards have one councilor each. These councilors are also to be elected during the election of the Mayor of the Corporation. You can read this article to know about councilors of Kolkata Corporation.
Chittaranjan Das was the first Mayor of Calcutta Corporation, a very popular Indian freedom fighter named Deshbandhu. That is why he is called Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. In 1924, the first democratic elections of the Calcutta Corporation were held in which Chittaranjan Das was appointed as the first Mayor of Calcutta. This great freedom fighter of India was born on November 5, 1970 in present-day Dhaka city of Bangladesh. He was born in the family of a lawyer. He studied at the Cream Seed University in England, after returning home he joined the National Congress and participated in India’s freedom struggle. Our brave freedom fighter passed away on June 16, 1925 at the age of 55.
2. Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
Year
17 July 1925 to 4 February 1928
Duration
2 years 202 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
3. Bijay Kumar Basu
Year
4 February 1928 to 10 April 1929
Duration
1 year 65 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
Year
10 April 1929 to 22 August 1930
Duration
1 year, 134 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
Year
22 August 1930 to 15 April 1931
Duration
236 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was appointed Mayor of Calcutta from 22 August 1930 to 15 April 1931. Subhash Chandra Bose’s mentor in Bengal was Chitraranjan Das, who was a nationalist leader in West Bengal at the time. Subhash Chandra Bose was nominated President Rupa of the Youth Congress and in 1930 he was appointed Mayor of Calcutta Corporation.
5. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Year
15 April 1931 to 9 April 1933
Duration
1 year, 359 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy served as the Mayor of Calcutta Corporation for about two years, though he was later elected as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Bidhan Chandra Roy was a member of the National Congress, born in 1882 in the city of Patna in the present state of Bihar, after which his life was spent in the freedom movement. He was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal for a total of 14 years.
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6. Santosh Kumar Basu
Year
9 April 1933 to 4 July 1934
Duration
1 year, 86 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
7. Nalini Ranjan Sarkar
Year
4 July 1934 to 30 April 1935
Duration
300 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
8. Abul Kasem Fazlur Haque
Year
30 April 1935 to 29 April 1936
Duration
1 year
Political Party
Krishak Praja Party
9. Harisankar Paul
Year
29 April 1936 to 28 April 1937
Duration
364 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
10. Sanat Chaudhary
Year
28 April 1937 to 29 April 1938
Duration
1 year, 1 day
Political Party
Indian National Congress
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11. AKM Zakaria
Year
29 April 1938 to 26 April 1939
Duration
362 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
12. Nishit Chandra Sen
Year
26 April 1939 to 24 April 1940
Duration
364 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
13. Abdul Rahman Siddiqui
Year
24 April 1940 to 28 April 1941
Duration
1 year, 4 days
Political Party
All India Muslim League
14. Phanindra Nath Brahma
Year
28 April 1941 to 29 April 1942
Duration
1 year, 1 day
Political Party
Indian National Congress
15. Hem Chandra Naskar
Year
29 April 1942 to 30 April 1943
Duration
1 year, 1 day
Political Party
Indian National Congress
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16. Syed Badrudduja
Year
30 April 1943 to 26 April 1944
Duration
362 days
Political Party
All India Muslim League
17. Anandi Lal Poddar
Year
26 April 1944 to 27 April 1945
Duration
1 year, 1 day
Political Party
Indian National Congress
18. Dhirendra Nath Mukherjee
Year
27 April 1945 to 29 April 1946
Duration
1 year, 2 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
19. Shayad Mohammed Usman
Year
29 April 1946 to 29 April 1947
Duration
1 year
Political Party
Krishak Praja Party
20. Sudhir Chandra Roy Chowdhury
Year
1947 to 1948
Duration
247 days
Political Party
Praja Socialist Party
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21. Nirmal Chandra Chundrer
Year
01 May 1952 to 06 March 1953
Duration
309 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
22. Naresh Nath Mukherjee
Year
06 March 1953 to 25 April 1955
Duration
2 years, 50 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
23. Satish Chandra Ghosh
Year
25 April 1955 to 29 April 1957
Duration
2 years, 4 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
24. Triguna Sen
Year
29 April 1957 to 08 April 1959
Duration
1 year, 344 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
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25. Bijoy Kumar Banerjee
Year
08 April 1959 to 06 April 1960
Duration
364 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
26. Keshav Chandra Basu
Year
06 April 1960 to 28 April 1961
Duration
1 year, 22 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
27. Rajendra Nath Majumdar
Year
28 April 1961 to 08 April 1963
Duration
1 year, 345 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
28. Chitranjan Chatterjee
Year
08 April 1963 to 26 April 1965
Duration
2 years, 18 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
29. Priti Kumar Roy Choudhary
Year
26 April 1965 to 24 April 1967
Duration
1 year, 363 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
30. Govinda Chandra Dey
Year
24 April 1967 to 13 June 1969
Duration
2 years, 50 days
Political Party
Indian National Congress
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31. Prasanta Sur
Year
13 June 1969 to 23 April 1971
Duration
2 years, 50 days
Political Party
CPIM
32. Shyam Sundar Gupta
Year
1971 to 1972
Duration
2 years, 253 days
Political Party
All India Forward Block
33. Kamal Kumar Basu
Year
30 July 1985 to 30 July 1990
Duration
5 years
Political Party
CPIM
34. Prasant Chatterjee
Year
30 July 1990 to 12 July 2000
Duration
9 years, 348 days
Political Party
CPIM
35. Subrata Mukherjee
Year
12 July 2000 to 05 July 2005
Duration
4 years, 358 days
Political Party
TMC
36. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Year
05 July 2005 to 16 June 2010
Duration
4 years, 346 days
Political Party
CPIM
37. Shovan Chatterjee
Year
16 June 2010 to 22 November 2018
Duration
8 years, 159 days
Political Party
TMC
38. Firhad Hakim
Year
22 November 2018 to Present
Duration
4 years, 150+ days
Political Party
TMC
The current Mayor of Kolkata Corporation is Firhad Hakim, who has been the Mayor of Kolkata since 2018 till date. Before his arrival, the mayor of Kolkata was Shovan Chatterjee. Firhad Hakim is the 38th Mayor of Kolkata Corporation and his political party All India Trinamool Congress.