The Patna Municipality, established on 2 November 1864 was renamed Patna City Municipality in 1917. This as well as Patna Administrative Committee and the Patna-Bankipur Joint Water Works Committee were substituted by the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), which came into force on 15 August 1952 under the provision of the Patna Municipal Act, 1951. The first election of the PMC councillors were held in March 1954, but they came in office on 1 February 1955.