Nadia Zilla Parishad
	Krishnagar, Nadia, West Bengal

  Nadia Zilla Parishad - At a glance

a)                  Geographical Location:

a.       North:              Bangladesh

b.      North-West:     Murshidabad District

c.       West:               Burdwan District & Part of Hooghly District

d.      East:                 Bangladesh

e.       South:               North 24 Parganas District     

b)                  Local Self Govt. established in 1885 as per Bengal Act 3(B.C.), 1885. Three Tier L. S. G. – Zilla Board, Local Board and Union Board formed. First Election of Sub-Division level Local Board was held in 1886. 

c)                  1^st Zilla Board Chairman – Mr. J.A. Hopkus, the then District Magistrate & Collector, Nadia – was elected on 1^st October, 1886. 

d)                  Nadia Zilla Board started functioning in the present Building on 12^th July, 1905 under Chairmanship of Mr. R. S. Greenshield. 1^st meeting of Zilla Board was held on 5^th August, 1905. 

e)                  1^st Bengalee Chairman in Nadia Zilla Board was Sri  Kshansish Chandra Roy, the then Maharaja of Nadia. He took chair on 17^th April, 1920. The then District magistrate was also a Bengalee named Mr. D. K. Mitra.

f)                    1^st Chairman after Independence – Sri Tarakdas Bandyopadhay – took chair on 7^th December, 1947 as Chairman of Nabadwip Zilla Board on 28^th March, 1948. 

g)                  Former Union Board & Local Board were newly named as Gram Panchayat & Local Panchayat as per West Bengal Panchayat Act (Amended), 1957. Former Zilla Board was renamed as Zilla Parishad in 1964. 

h)                  Present Panchayat Raj System started in 1978 – Savadhipati: Sri Parimal Bagchi