Q. Who was the first Mayor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation?
Answer: Chittaranjan Das
Notes: When the Calcutta Municipal Corporation was formed, Chittaranjan Das became its first mayor. He then founded the Swaraj Party, with veteran Motilal Nehru and young Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, in 1923, to express his uncompromising opinion and position.
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