Year

Evolution

No. of Unions/Wards

1823

* Town Development Committee

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1840

* Dhaka Committee

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1864

* Dhaka Municipal Committee; Selected Chairman

7 Commissioners

1884

* 1st Elected System Introduced ; 1st Elected Chairman

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1922

* Right of voting for woman ;
* Proportion of the appointed Commissioners reduced from 1/3 to 1/5th ;
* Reserved Seats for Minority was provided

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1947

* Dissolution of Municipal

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1953

* Elected Chairman took over his office again.

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1959

* Municipality was superseded again

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1960

* Selected Commissioner and dissolve of Municipal law

25 Unions

1964

* No. of Unions enhanced.

30 Unions

1971

* Dhaka became the Capital of Bangladesh

50 Wards

1977

* Pourashava Ordinance. 1977 introduced
* Ward Commissioners elected one of their Colleagues as Chairman of the Municipality

50Wards

1978

* Dhaka Municipality awarded the status of corporation ;
* Mayor selected by the Government.

50Wards

1982

* Municipal Corporation superseded by the Martial Law.
* Mirpur & Gulshan Pourashava merged to DMC;
* No of Wards increased to 56

56 Wards

1983

* Restoration of Dhaka Municipal Corporation
* Introduction of Dhaka Municipal Ordinance, 1983

75 Wards

1990

* Renamed as Dhaka City Corporation ;
* Divided into 10 Zones.

90 Wards

1993

* Parliament approved Elected system for 1 Mayor and 90 Commissioners. 18 Reserved Woman Commissioners are elected by the Mayor & Commissioners.

90 Wards

1994

* First Mayor Elected by the direct vote

90 Wards

1996

* Introduction of Dhaka City Corporation Committee consisting of all relevant
* Organizations Chaired by the Minister of LGRD&C and Co-Chaired by the Mayor

90 Wards

1998

* City area increased & No. of Wards increased to 100. but could not be implemented due to some
boundary conflicts.

90 Wards

2002

* Introduction of direct voting for Reserved Women Commissioners.
* 30 Reserved Women Commissioners instead of 18.

90 Wards