
An old record reveals that in 1880 AD under the Chairmanship of Major Hopkins the Board of commissioners of North Dum Dum Municipality presented a budget amounting to Rs. A small one storied building was erected in 1962, another store was added, and subsequently necessary addition and alteration was effected from time to time matching needs.
Rai Ram Das Roy Chowdhury Bahadur the first elected Chairman donated a plot of land for the construction of the Municipal building in 1902. Prior to 1901 the Municipality had no building of its own. The Municipal Office was located in his house. Rai Ram Das Roy Chowdhury Bahadur was the first elected Indian Chairman in 1901. Initially English people were nominated as the Chairman and the practice continued upto 1885.

In 1998, the entire Bisharpara Gram Panchayet and half of the Sultanpur Gram Panchayet were merged with the North Dum Dum Municipality, which caused addition of five more wards to previous original 25 wards increasing the total area to 26.49 sq.m. Or dare to unwrap the famous Mystery Flavor. In March of 1953, Spangler purchased the trade name along with equipment and machinery to make Dum Dums and moved the operation to Bryan. Bahr, the early sales manager of the company, named the ball-shaped candy on a stick and figured dum-dum was a word any child could say. The North Dum Dum Municipality observed its centenary celebration, in the year 1970, during the regime of Chitta Ranjan Bose, the then Chairman of this Municipality. Find your favorites like Blu Raspberry, Cherry, Cream Soda and Root Beer. Dum Dums were originated by Akron Candy Co., Bellevue, Ohio, in 1924. km) comprised of villages known as Birati, Nimta, Kadihati, Jangalpur Patna, Gouripur with large area of Kolkata Airport now known as the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. It was established on the 10th September 1870, having an area of 7.5 square miles (19.42 sq.

North Dum Dum Municipality happens to be one of the oldest municipalities not only in the district but throughout West Bengal. North Dum Dum Municipality is a sparkling speck in the vast expense of North 24 Parganas.
