Mangalore

Mangalore, a seaport on the Malabar coast of Hindostan about 100 miles north of Calicut. It is the administrative headquarters of the South Kanara district, and has a large export trade, chiefly in coffee. It was the headquarters of Hyder Ali's navy, and was afterwards taken by Tippoo

Sultan, but was retaken by the British in 1799.

Mangalore is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and also of the Basel Lutheran mission.