Police Commissioner of Kolkata

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The Commissioner of Police , Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. He is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the Home (Police) Department of the State. The headquarters are at 18,Lalbazar Street, near B.B.D. Bagh area in Central Kolkata. The Commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional DG & IG of Police. He heads this almost 27,000 strong metropolitan City Police Force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 185 km² and home to 45,80,544 people (2001 Census figures).

[edit] List of Commissioners of Kolkata (previously Calcutta) Police

• S. Wauchope 1856-1863
• V. H. Shalch 1863-1866
• Sir Stuart Hogg 1866-1876
• C. T. Metcalfe 1876-1881
• Henry Harrison 1881-1889
• Sir John Lambert 1889-1897
• A. H. James 1897-1901
• E. M. Showera 1901-1902
• R. D. O. Bignell 1902-1905
• Sir Fredrick Halliday 1905-1916
• Sir Reginald Clarke 1916-1923
• Sir Charles Tegart 1923-1931
• L. H. Colson 1931-1939
• Sir C. E. S. Fairweather 1939-1943
• R. E. A. Ray 1943-1946
• D. R. Hardwick 1949-1947
• S. N. Chatterjee 1947-1951
• H. S. Ghoshchaudhuri 1951-1960
• U. Mukherjee 1960-1962
• S. M. Ghosh 1962-1964
• P. K. Sen 1964-1970
• R. K. Gupta 1970-1971
• R. N. Chatterjee IPS 1971-1972
• S. C. Chaudhuri 1972-1976
• S. Basu 1976-1978
• S. K. Sinha 1978-1980
• N. Som 1980-1984
• B. K. Basu 1984-1988
• B. K. Saha 1988-1992
• T. K. Talukdar 1992-1996
• D. C. Vajpai 1996-2001
• S. K. Chakravarti 2001-2004
• Prasun Mukherjee 2004-17 Oct (AN),2007
• Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti 17 Oct(AN), 2007-