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Kanpur Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation of
Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...
city in
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n state of
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
. The corporation has 110 wards covering area equal to 403 square kilometres.


History

The municipality in Kanpur, then ''Cawnpore'' was first established on 22 November 1861 under the chairmanship of a
District Magistrate A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal reven ...
. Lala Sheo Prasad was the first Vice Chairman of the association of Cawnpore Municipal Committee. The Town Hall building was erected at Cooperganj in the year 1879 with investment of around 2,16,000 rupees. The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892. The city became a municipal corporation in 1959. Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur.


Elections

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List of mayors of Kanpur Kanpur Mayoral Constituency is one of the 16 mayoral constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. Total Number of Voters List of Mayors Election Results {{Election box end References

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See also

Kanpur (Mayoral Constituency)


References


External links

* {{Authority control Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh 1959 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Government of Kanpur