Nabadwip Municipality
Nabadwip Municipality নবদ্বীপ পৌরসভা | |
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| Type | |
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| History | |
| Founded | April 1, 1869 (as Nadia Town Committee) |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Vacant |
Vice Chairman | Vacant |
Administrator | Prasenjit Kundu, WBCS |
| Seats | 24 |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Footnotes | |
| Municipal Board collapsed after mass resignation of 21 councillors. The board has been dissolved and Administrator has been appointed until next Municipal Election. [1] | |
Nabadwip Municipality is the self-governing and urban local body of the town Nabadwip of Nadia district of the Indian state West Bengal. It is a registered government organisation. The primary and main objective of Nabadwip Municipality is to provide all municipal facilities to all of the citizens.
History
As per the Town Development Act, 1850, town committees were being founded in various towns. Nadia Town Committee was established in 1 April 1869[2] as per the Bengal Municipal Improvement Act, 1864. Election process was started in 1876. At that time, 8 of the 12 members were elected by the tax-payers and rest 4's were nominated. The fist meeting was held in the house of Late Gurudas Das in 1869. Eleven members along with two British men were present at that meeting. They were:
- Mr. Tuidy
- Mr. Sabi
- Madhabchandra Vidyaratna
- Prankrishna Bhatta
- Krishnakanta Shirratna
- Ramnath Tarkasiddhanta
- Laxmikanta Bhattacharya
- Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna
- Shrikrsihna Bandyopadhyay
- Khsetranath Bhattacharya
- Gopalchandra Chattopadhyay
Initially, after the establishment in 1869, the name of the Nadia Town Committee was changed to Nadia Municipal Committee in 1877. Later in 1915, the municipal committee was awarded to municipality status and the name was finally set to Nabadwip Municipality.[2][3]
List of Chairman and Vice-chairman
| List of Chairmen | List of Vice-chairmen |
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★ ★ No records have been found from 20.05.1905 - 10.09.1920, 08.11.1924 - 26.10.1932 and 16.06.1934 - 17.09.1939. It is found at page no. 47 of the Centenary Memorial Magazine of Nabadwip Hindu School that, Sadanada Bhattacharya was the chairman of Nabadwip Municipality from 1927 to 1932. The chairman of Nabadwip Municipality was Narayan Chandra Banerjee from 1919.[4]
The election was to held in April or May, 2020 and the previous chairman and vice-chairman was to be valid till then. But due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, this process was paused.
Subsequent Municipal Election was held on 27 February, 2022 and result was declared on 2 March, 2022.
After the Chairman was arrested by Police on 30 May, 2026, administrative unrest happened. The Vice-chairman resigned from his position on 18 June, 2026. Subsequently, 3 councillors and later on 3 July, 18 more councillors resigned from their position, making the municipal board dissolved. On 3 July 2026, administrator was appointed to take charge of the proceedings of the Municipality, until the next election. [5]
Departments
| Serial No. | Divisions |
|---|---|
| 1 | General administration |
| 2 | Collection |
| 3 | Public works department (PWD) |
| 4 | Water Supply |
| 5 | Public health |
| 6 | Electricity |
| 7 | Education |
| 8 | Finance |
| 9 | Warehouse |
References
- ↑ "একযোগে ১৮ কাউন্সিলরের ইস্তফা, 'অচলায়তন' নবদ্বীপ পুরসভার দায়িত্ব এবার প্রশাসকের!".
- 1 2 Garrett, J.H.E. (1910). Bengal District Gazetteers - Nadia. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. pp. 126–127.
- ↑ Mondal, Mrityunjay (2013). Nabadwiper Itibritto. Nabadwip: Nabadwip Sahitya Samaj. p. 349.
- ↑ Nabadwip Darpan (নবদ্বীপ দর্পণ). Vol. 2nd.
- ↑ "একযোগে ১৮ কাউন্সিলরের ইস্তফা, 'অচলায়তন' নবদ্বীপ পুরসভার দায়িত্ব এবার প্রশাসকের!". sangbadpratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-07-23.