Who were Mumbai's Mayors in the past 75 years? Here's a historical overview

A complete historical list of Mumbairsquos Mayors over the past 75 years tracing civic leadership from colonial Bombay to modern Mumbai and city evolutionThe office of the mayor of Mumbai has played a vital ceremonial and civic role in the cityrsquos municipal governance for nearly a centuryOver the past 75 years Mumbairsquos Mayors have represented the city through periods of colonial transition independence rapid urbanisation political change and social transformation While the mayorrsquos powers are limited compared to the municipal commissioner the position has remained a powerful symbol of civic leadership and public representationFrom the early 1930s and 1940s Mumbai then Bombay saw mayors such as Sir JB BomanBehram Sir VN Chandavarkar E Moses and YJ Meherally who guided the city during the late colonial period and the turbulence of World War 2 The immediate postIndependence years were led by figures such as AP Sabavala MU Mascarenhas and SK Patil reflecting the emergence of Indian leadership in municipal governanceBMC Election Results 2026 Full wardwise list of winners1931ndash1932 mdash Sir JB BomanBehram1932ndash1933 mdash Sir VN Chandavarkar1933ndash1934 mdash MC Javle1934ndash1935 mdash HM Rahimtoola1935ndash1936 mdash KF Nariman1936ndash1937 mdash JM Mehta1937ndash1938 mdash E Moses1938ndash1939 mdash Sir SM Chinoy1939ndash1940 mdash Sir BN Karanjia1940ndash1941 mdash M Tricamjee1941ndash1942 mdash JA Collaco1942ndash1943 mdash YJ Meherally1943 mdash MDD Gilder1943ndash1944 mdash MR Masani1944ndash1945 mdash NT Master1945ndash1946 mdash JA DrsquoSouza1946ndash1947 mdash MIM Rowjee1947ndash1948 mdash AP Sabavala1948ndash1949 mdash MU Mascarenhas1949ndash1952 mdash SK PatilThe decades from the 1950s to the 1970s were marked by frequent mayoral tenures often lasting a year with leaders such as SA Kadar NN Shah EA Bandookwalla and HS Gupte This period coincided with Mumbairsquos expansion as Indiarsquos commercial capital and the growth of its civic infrastructure1952ndash1953 mdash G N Desai1953ndash1954 mdash Peter Anastasio Dias1954ndash1955 mdash DV Patel1955ndash1956 mdash NC Pupala23021956ndash31031956 mdash SM Modi1956ndash1957 mdash SA Kadar04041957ndash13051957 mdash SC Fernandes25051957ndash31031958 mdash MV Donde1958ndash1959 mdash SS Mirajkar1959ndash1960 mdash PT Borale1960ndash1961 mdash VN Desai1961ndash1962 mdash VB Worlikar1962ndash1963 mdash NN Shah1963ndash1964 mdash EA Bandookwalla1964ndash1965 mdash BP Divgi1965ndash1966 mdash M Madhavan1966ndash1967 mdash SR Patkar1967ndash1968 mdash JL DrsquoSouza1968ndash1969 mdash RN Kulkarni1969ndash1970 mdash JK Joshi1970ndash1971 mdash SG Patel1971ndash1972 mdash HS GupteFrom the late 1970s onwards the mayoralty increasingly reflected the cityrsquos changing political landscape Leaders such as Murli Deora Chhagan Bhujbal Ramesh Prabhoo and Sharad Acharya became prominent public figures The 1990s also saw greater representation of women with mayors such as Nirmala SamantPrabhavalkar Vishakha Raut and later Snehal Ambekar Shubha Raul Shraddha Jadhav and Kishori Pednekar1972ndash1973 mdash RK Ganatra1973ndash1974 mdash SG Joshi1974ndash1975 mdash BK Boman Behram1975ndash1976 mdash ND Mehta1976ndash1977 mdash MG Joshi1977ndash1978 mdash MS Deora041978ndash111978 mdash VS Mahadik111978ndash031980 mdash RK Chimbulkar1980ndash1981 mdash BH Shete1981ndash1982 mdash AU Memon1982ndash1983 mdash PS Pai1983ndash1984 mdash MH Bedi1985ndash1986 mdash Chhagan C Bhujbal1986ndash1987 mdash Datta Nalawade1987ndash1988 mdash Ramesh Prabhoo1988ndash1989 mdash CS Padwal1989ndash1990 mdash Sharad Acharya1990ndash1991 mdash Chhagan C Bhujbal1991ndash1992 mdash Diwakar Raote1992ndash1993 mdash CD Handore1993ndash1994 mdash RR Singh1994ndash1995 mdash Nirmala SamantPrabhavalkar1995ndash1996 mdash RT Kadam1996ndash1997 mdash Milind Vaidya1997ndash1998 mdash Vishakha Raut1998ndash1999 mdash Nandu Satam1999ndash2002 mdash Hareshwar Patil2002ndash2005 mdash Mahadeo B Deole2005ndash2007 mdash Dattaji Dalvi2007ndash112009 mdash Dr Shubha U Raul2009ndash08032012 mdash Shraddha Jadhav09032012ndash08092014 mdash Sunil W Prabhu2014ndash2017 mdash Snehal Ambekar09032017ndash21112019 mdash Vishwanath P Mahadeshwar2019ndash2022 mdash Kishori PednekarIn the 21st century mayors including Hareshwar Patil Mahadeo Deole Datta Dalvi Sunil Prabhu Vishwanath Mahadeshwar and Kishori Pednekar have presided over Mumbai during times of rapid urban growth infrastructure challenges and civic resilience