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MANGALORE
, a seaport of See also:British See also:India, administrative headquarters of the See also:South See also:Kanara See also:district of See also:Madras, and ter-minus of the See also:west See also:coast See also:line of the Madras railway
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Pop
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(Igor), 44,108
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The See also:harbour is formed by the backwater of two small See also:rivers
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Vessels ride in 24 to 30 ft. of See also:water, and load from and unload into lighters: The See also:chief exports are See also:coffee, coco-See also:nut products, See also:timber, See also:rice and spices
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Mangalore clears and exports all the coffee of See also:Coorg, and trades directly with See also:Arabia and the
See also:Persian Gulf
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There is a small See also:shipbuilding See also:industry
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The See also:town has a large See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:population, with a See also:European See also:bishop, several churches, a See also:convent and a See also:college
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It is the headquarters of the See also:Basel Lutheran See also:mission, which possesses one of the most active See also:printing presses in See also:southern India, and has also successfully introduced the See also:industries of See also:weaving and the manufacture of tiles
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Two colleges (See also:Government and St Aloysius) are situated here
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Mangalore was gallantly defended by See also:Colonel See also: |
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