Mangalore, city, southwestern India, in Karnataka State, on the Arabian Sea. A large trade is carried on in coffee, nuts, and pepper, and cloth is manufactured in the city. Mangalore is renowned for the resistance that its garrison offered the army of the sultan of Mysore, Tipu Sahib, in 1782-1783. Population (1991) 273,304.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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