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Writers' Building, an 18th-century Company-era construction in Kolkata, traditionally served as the office of West Bengal's chief minister. The first Premier of West Bengal since Independence, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, at Writers' in 1947 The State Emblem of India. West Bengal has come under President's rule on four occasions, all between 1968 ...
The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the Trinamool Congress party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , 211 seats (out of 294) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and 215 seats (out of 294) in ...
The 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal was formed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. She was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021. The remaining council of ministers was sworn in on 10 May 2021.
19th Ministry of West Bengal: 2011—2016: Date formed: 20 May 2011: Date dissolved: 25 May 2016: People and organisations; Governor: M. K. Narayanan. D. Y. Patil. Keshari Nath Tripathi: Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee: Chief Minister's history: 2011 — present: No. of ministers: 29 Cabinet Ministers; 5 Minister of state (I/C) [a] 8 Minister ...
Nabanna নবান্ন Alternative names HRBC Building General information Status Operational Type Administrative building Location Howrah, West Bengal, India Address 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Shibpur, Howrah-711102 Inaugurated 5 October 2013 ; 11 years ago (2013-10-05) Technical details Floor count 14 Nabanna is a building in the city of Howrah (neighborhood of Kolkata) in Howrah ...
On 30 November 2021, she surpassed her immediate predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to become the third-longest-serving Chief Minister of West Bengal. If Mamata remains in office at least till 26 October 2025, she would become the second-longest-serving Chief Minister after Jyoti Basu, superseding Bidhan Chandra Roy.
The Ministry of Home and Hill Affairs, popularly known as the Home Department, is a West Bengal government department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the administration of the West Bengal National Volunteer Force and Civil-Military Liaison, welfare of military personnel, RIMC admission test, scholarship to RIMC/NDA cadets, World War-II veteran pension, concessions to ...
Two of the incumbents are women — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, who has the longest continuous incumbency serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 249 days) and Atishi Marlena in Delhi. Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest.