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The Mangalore Customs Commissionerate collected a revenue of ₹ 4.47 billion (US$51.15 million) during 2012–13 [108] and ₹ 27.91 billion (US$319.40 million) during December 2018. [109] During 2012–13, MRPL and MCF contributed ₹ 501 million (US$5.73 million) and ₹ 373 million (US$4.27 million), respectively, to the state's revenue. [108]
A typical Mangalorean Catholic wedding sari (sado). Mangalorean Catholic men used to wear white or black coats known as kutav with buttons (a waist length coat similar to bandhgalas), while pudvem (), a piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 5-7 yards long, was wrapped around the waist, and in between the legs to be knotted at the waist.
Mangalore was a major port caught up in the Indian Ocean trade since times immemorial. The area around Mangalore along with St Mary's islands and Barcelor, also served as a maritime trade post for the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay, until Shivappa Nayaka defeated Portugal's armada in battle.
The department maintains one major port and ten minor ports between Mangalore in the south and Karwar in the north. The only major port is the New Mangalore Port. The minor ports are located at Karwar, Old Mangalore, Belekeri, Tadadi, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Kundapur, Hangarakatta, Malpe, and Padubidri. Of these, Karwar is the only all-weather port ...
Mangalore district that was partitioned from the erstwhile South Canara, has been multicultural and is a little different from the prevalent culture of the Carnataca state of India. A native of Mangalore is known as a Mangalorean in English , Kudladakulu in Tulu , Kodyaalkar in Konknni , Manglurnavaru in Kannada & Maikaaltanga in Byari .
Since then, Mangalorean Catholics have been actively involved in manufacturing the tiles. The Alvares tile factory was established in Mangalore by Simon Alvares, a Mangalorean Catholic from Bombay, in 1878. [143] In 1991–1992, out of twelve Mangalore tile manufacturing factories in Mangalore, six were owned by Christians. [144]
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is a division of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) which is under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the Government of India. [4] Established in 1988, the refinery is located at Katipalla, north from the centre of Mangalore.
Mangalore tile. A German missionary, Georg Plebst, set up the first tile factory at Mangalore in 1860.It was called the Basel Mission tile factory. [1] In the course of time, Mangalorean Catholics learnt the technique of preparing Mangalore tiles and the Albuquerque tile factory, the first Indian Mangalore tile manufacturing factory was started in South Canara by Pascal Albuquerque, a ...