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.
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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