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{{Short description|Ceremonial position in India}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}(File:Office of Kolkata's Sheriff.jpg|thumb|Office of Sheriff inside the Calcutta High Court, (2017))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.WEB,weblink Journalist Utpal Chatterjee is new Sheriff of Kolkata, 11 January 2010, 30 August 2017, 29 August 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170829124824weblink">weblink live,

History

The Calcutta Madness{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} 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.WEB,weblink The High Court at Calcutta, 23 July 2017, 13 November 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171113170005weblink">weblink live, The Calcutta Sheriff's Act 1948 (or West Bengal Act XXX of 1948) was enacted on 15 October 1948.WEB, Calcutta Sheriff's Act, 148,weblink www.wbja.nic.in, 24 March 2022, 23 January 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20220123062350weblink">weblink live,

Notable persons

List of sheriffs:WEB,weblink Sheriff, Sheriff, 2020-03-26, 26 November 2022,weblink live, {{better|date=March 2024}}

• 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 women SheriffNEWS,weblink Suchitra Mitra elected Sheriff, 8 February 2001, The Tribune, India, 10 December 2018, 3 March 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303175255weblink">weblink live,
• 2002: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali poet
• 2003: Prabir Roy, film producer
• 2004: Dr Sadhan Chandra Ray
• 2005: Chuni Goswami, sportsmanWEB,weblink চুনী গোস্বামী: বর্ণোজ্জ্বল জীবন ও কেরিয়ার, Chuni Goswami: Colorful Life and Career, bn, bangla.hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, 30 April 2020, 27 November 2022,weblink 23 April 2023, Kolkata,
• 2006: Prof. Amal Chakraborty, pediatricianNEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060825204513weblink">weblink dead, 25 August 2006, The Telegraph – Calcutta Metro,
• 2007: Rathindra Nath Dutta
• 2008: Dr Dulal Kumar Basu
• 2009: Santo Jyoti Mittra
• 2010: Utpal Chatterjee, journalist, professor of IISWBMWEB, TNN, Dec 24, 2009, Journalist to be new sheriff {{!, Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/journalist-to-be-new-sheriff/articleshow/5371792.cms|access-date=2022-01-27|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426074315weblink|url-status=live}}
• 2011: Indrajit Roy, neurosurgeonWEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171113221805weblink">weblink dead, 13 November 2017, Neurosurgeon Indrajit Roy will be new sheriff of Kolkata, sify news, 23 July 2017,
• 2012: Vacant
• 2013: Dr. Swapankumar Ghosh, physician
• 2014: Ranjit Mallick, actor WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140413145317weblink">weblink dead, 13 April 2014, Ranjit the sheriff, The Telegrapn, 23 July 2017,
• 2015: Vacant
• 2017: Dr. Sanjay Chattopadhyay, physician
• 2019: Mani Shankar Mukherjee, writerNEWS, Eminent author Shankar becomes Sheriff of Kolkata,weblink 24 March 2022, Business Standard India, PTI, 8 July 2019, 27 January 2022,weblink live,

See also

• Sheriff of Mumbai
• Sheriff of Madras

References

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