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<div>{{Short description|Ceremonial position in India}}<br />
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[[File:Office of Kolkata's Sheriff.jpg|thumb|Office of Sheriff inside the Calcutta High Court]]<br />
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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 are the only cities in [[India]] to maintain the post of Sheriff. Presently the office of the Sheriff is situated in the [[Calcutta High Court]] building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2010jan11/journalist_utpal_chatterjee_new_sheriff_kolkata.html|title=Journalist Utpal Chatterjee is new Sheriff of Kolkata|date=11 January 2010|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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.<br />
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbja.nic.in/wbja_adm/files/The%20High%20Court%20at%20Calcutta%20150%20Years%20-%20An%20Overview.pdf|title=The High Court at Calcutta|access-date=23 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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''The Calcutta Sheriff's Act 1948'' (or West Bengal Act XXX of 1948) was enacted on 15 October 1948.<ref>{{cite web |title=Calcutta Sheriff's Act, 148 |url=http://www.wbja.nic.in/wbja_adm/files/The%20Calcutta%20Sheriff%20Act,%201948.pdf |website=www.wbja.nic.in |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Notable persons==<br />
List of sheriffs:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sheriffofcalcutta.webs.com/|title=Sheriff|website=Sheriff|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><br />
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* 1775: James Macrabey, first Sheriff<br />
* 1778: [[John Richardson (orientalist)|John Richardson]]<br />
* 1779: [[Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet|Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, Bt]]<br />
* 1840: [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]] <br />
* 1846: James McKilligin <br />
* 1866: [[Apcar family|Seth Arratoon Apcar]], first non-European Sheriff<br />
* 1873: Manekji Rustamji, the first Indian Sheriff<br />
* 1874: Raja [[Digambar Mitra]], politician, writer and first Bengali Sheriff<br />
* 1886: [[George Yule (businessman)|George Yule]], merchant<br />
* 1888: [[Mahendralal Sarkar]], doctor and academic<br />
* 1892: [[James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape]]<br />
* 1893: Rustamjee Dhanjibhai Mehta<br />
* 1901: Sir George Henry Sutherland<br />
* 1904: Nalin Behari Sircar<br />
* 1905: [[Baron Cable]], British merchant<br />
* 1908: Sir George Henry Sutherland (2nd term)<br />
* 1911: [[Rajendra Nath Mukharji]], industrialist<br />
* 1920: [[Alfred Pickford]], merchant<br />
* 1935: [[Abdul Halim Ghaznavi|Abdul Halim Khan Ghuznavi]]<br />
* 1936: Sir Charles Gordon Arthur<br />
*1950: Dr Shanti Bhusan Dutt Gupta <br />
* 1955: Dr Amulya Chandra Ukil, physician<br />
* 1957, 1958: Shri Suresh Chandra Roy<br />
* 1968: [[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]], historian<br />
* 1987: KSB Sanyal, business leader (Chairman of Andrew Yule)<br />
* 1989: [[Saroj Gupta|Dr Saroj Gupta]], oncologist<br />
* 1991: Dr. K.K.H. Siddiqui, cardiologist<br />
* 1992: Dr. Sanat Kumar Biswas, scientist<br />
* 1994: [[Basanta Choudhury]], film actor<br />
* 1998: Dr I. S. Roy, Ophthalmologist<br />
* 1999: Dr Surendra Kumar Sharma, radiologist<br />
* 2000: [[Pankaj Roy|Pankaj Lal Roy]], cricketer<br />
* 2001: Smt. [[Suchitra Mitra]], the first women Sheriff<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010209/nation.htm#11 |title=Suchitra Mitra elected Sheriff | date=8 February 2001 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | accessdate=10 December 2018 }}</ref><br />
* 2002: [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], Bengali poet<br />
* 2003: [[Prabir Roy]], film producer <br />
* 2004: Dr Sadhan Chandra Ray<br />
* 2005: [[Chuni Goswami]], sportsman<br />
* 2006: Prof. [[Amal Chakraborty]], pediatrician<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051228/asp/calcutta/story_5652677.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta Metro }}</ref><br />
* 2007: Rathindra Nath Dutta<br />
* 2008: Dr Dulal Kumar Basu <br />
* 2009: Santo Jyoti Mittra <br />
* 2010: Utpal Chatterjee, journalist, professor of IISWBM<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Dec 24, 2009|title=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}}</ref><br />
* 2011: Indrajit Roy, neurosurgeon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/neurosurgeon-indrajit-roy-will-be-new-sheriff-of-kolkata-news-health-kmyoaviiicfsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113221805/http://www.sify.com/news/neurosurgeon-indrajit-roy-will-be-new-sheriff-of-kolkata-news-health-kmyoaviiicfsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2017|title=Neurosurgeon Indrajit Roy will be new sheriff of Kolkata|publisher=sify news|accessdate= 23 July 2017}}</ref><br />
* 2012: ''Vacant''<br />
* 2013: Dr. Swapankumar Ghosh, physician<br />
* 2014: [[Ranjit Mallick]], actor <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140101/jsp/calcutta/story_17738687.jsp|title=Ranjit the sheriff|publisher= The Telegrapn|accessdate= 23 July 2017}}</ref><br />
* 2015: ''Vacant''<br />
* 2017: Dr. Sanjay Chattopadhyay, physician<br />
* 2019: [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]], writer<ref>{{cite news |title=Eminent author Shankar becomes Sheriff of Kolkata |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/eminent-author-shankar-becomes-sheriff-of-kolkata-119070800835_1.html |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=Business Standard India |agency=PTI |date=8 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sheriff of Mumbai]]<br />
* [[Sheriff of Madras]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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