List of Commissioners of Kolkata (previously Calcutta) Police
- S. Wauchope 1856-1863
- V. H. Shalch 1863-1866
- Sir Stuart Hogg 1866-1876
- C. T. Metcalfe 1876-1881
- Henry Harrison 1881-1889
- Sir John Lambert 1889-1897
- A. H. James 1897-1901
- E. M. Showera 1901-1902
- R. D. O. Bignell 1902-1905
- Sir Frederick Loch Halliday 1905-1916
- Sir Reginald Clarke 1916-1923
- Sir Charles Tegart 1923-1931
- L. H. Colson 1931-1939
- Sir C. E. S. Fairweather 1939-1943
- R. E. A. Ray 1943-1946
- D. R. Hardwick 1946-1947
- S. N. Chatterjee 1947-1951
- H. S. Ghoshchaudhuri 1951-1960
- U. Mukherjee 1960-1962
- S. M. Ghosh 1962-1964
- P. K. Sen 1964-1970
- Ranjit Kumar Gupta 1970-1971
- R. N. Chatterjee IPS 1971-1972
- S. C. Chaudhuri 1972-1976
- S. Basu 1976-1978
- S. K. Sinha 1978-1980
- N. Som 1980-1984
- B. K. Basu 1984-1988
- B. K. Saha 1988-1992
- T. K. Talukdar 1992-1996
- D. C. Vajpai 1996-2001
- S. K. Chakravarti 2001-2004
- Prasun Mukherjee 2004-17 Oct (AN),2007
- Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti 17 Oct(AN), 2007- 16 Mar, 2011
- R.K. Pachnanda 17 Mar, 2011- 14 Feb,2013
- Surajit Kar Purkayastha 14,Feb,2013 - Till Date
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