MANGALORE Tourism, MANGALORE Travel Guide

About Mangalore

Mangalore district is full of greenery and beautiful beaches surrounded by the Western Ghats in the East and Arabian Sea in the West. Mangalore got its name after the local Hindu deity Mangala Devi. Mangalore has always been a big player in Maritime trade and is becoming a big business centre. The city may be accelerating the Industrial growth but the Mangalore still holds the traditional city charm represented by the tile roofed buildings, coconut groves, fishing boats and sea food.

Mangalore was occupied by a number of rulers including the Portugese in the mid-16 th century. The Mangalore Sultans built Mangalore as a strategic ship building base. Mangalore is a reminder of the good times of life. The district offers a wide range of interesting places like Dharmasthala, Subramanya, Kollur, Udupi, Karkala, Venoor and Moodabidri for both pilgrimage and pleasure.

Mangalore History

Mangalore came under European influence in the year 1498, when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama had landed at St Mary's Islands near Mangalore on his voyage from Portugal to India. In 1520 the Mangalore region came under the Portugese rulers from Vijayanagara kingdom. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Portuguese commanded the Arabian Sea from the port of Mangalore and they intruded actively in the affairs of the local chieftains.
Mangalore was later occupied by Hyder Ali in the year 1763, which later went into the hands of British from 1768 to 1794. Later in 1794 Hyder Ali's son Tippu Sultan again took control of the area.[13] During his regime, the city was caught in the crossfires of Anglo-Mangalore relations. The Second Anglo-Mangalore War ended with the Treaty of Mangalore which was signed in Mangalore between Tippu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784. The English again captured Mangalore in 1791, but Tippu besieged it in 1793 and the English surrendered the city in 1794. With the death of Tippu Sultan and the fall of Srirangapatna during the Fourth Anglo-Mangalore War in 1799, the city was re-conquered by the British, and it remained under British administration till India's independence in 1947.