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The Sheriff of Kolkata is an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Kolkata (Calcutta). The Sheriff has an office and staff in Calcutta High Court but does not have executive powers. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta) are the only cities in India to maintain the post of the Sheriff. Presently the office of the sheriff is situated in the Calcutta High Court building.




History


The Calcutta Madness was established by a Royal Charter issued by King George III of Great Britain on 26 March 1774 which created the Supreme Court at Fort William in Calcutta. The charter stipulated that the sheriff would be appointed by the Governor-General in Council from a list of three residents recommended by the Supreme Court in a similar manner to the system of High Sheriffs in England.
In the early years the sheriff of Calcutta was the executive arm of the judiciary and responsible for the provision of jurors, the safe custody of prisoners and the seizure of goods. From the mid 1800s, the power of the position was gradually reduced until it became today's ceremonial post.
The Calcutta Sheriff's Act 1948 (or West Bengal Act XXX of 1948) was enacted on 15 October 1948.




Notable persons


List of sheriffs:

1775: James Macrabey, first sheriff
1778: John Richardson
1779: Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, Bt
1840: David Hare
1846: James McKilligin
1866: Seth Arratoon Apcar, first non-European Sheriff
1873: Manekji Rustamji, the first Indian Sheriff
1874: Raja Digambar Mitra, politician, writer and first Bengali Sheriff
1886: George Yule, merchant
1888: Mahendralal Sarkar, doctor and academic
1892: James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape
1893: Rustamjee Dhanjibhai Mehta
1901: Sir George Henry Sutherland
1904: Nalin Behari Sircar
1905: Baron Cable, British merchant
1908: Sir George Henry Sutherland (2nd term)
1911: Rajendra Nath Mukharji, industrialist
1920: Alfred Pickford, merchant
1935: Abdul Halim Khan Ghuznavi
1936: Sir Charles Gordon Arthur
1950: Dr Shanti Bhusan Dutt Gupta
1955: Dr Amulya Chandra Ukil, physician
1957, 1958: Shri Suresh Chandra Roy
1968: Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, historian
1987: KSB Sanyal, business leader (Chairman of Andrew Yule)
1989: Dr Saroj Gupta, oncologist
1991: Dr. K.K.H. Siddiqui, cardiologist
1992: Dr. Sanat Kumar Biswas, scientist
1994: Basanta Choudhury, film actor
1998: Dr I. S. Roy, Ophthalmologist
1999: Dr Surendra Kumar Sharma, radiologist
2000: Pankaj Lal Roy, cricketer
2001: Smt. Suchitra Mitra, the first woman Sheriff
2002: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali poet
2003: Prabir Roy, film producer
2004: Dr Sadhan Chandra Ray
2005: Chuni Goswami, sportsman
2006: Prof. Amal Chakraborty, pediatrician
2007: Rathindra Nath Dutta
2008: Dr Dulal Kumar Basu
2009: Santo Jyoti Mittra
2010: Utpal Chatterjee, journalist, professor of IISWBM
2011: Indrajit Roy, neurosurgeon
2012: Vacant
2013: Dr. Swapankumar Ghosh, physician
2014: Ranjit Mallick, actor
2015: Vacant
2017: Dr. Sanjay Chattopadhyay, physician
2019: Mani Shankar Mukherjee, writer




See also


Sheriff of Mumbai
Sheriff of Madras




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mamata Banerjee
• Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Sheriff of Kolkata
• Kolkata Municipal Corporation
• Sheriff of Mumbai
• Kolkata
• Pankaj Roy
• Ranjit Mallick
• Suchitra Mitra
• Sankar (writer)
• Basanta Choudhury
• Civic administration of Kolkata