St Paul's Church of England, erected in 1846. Mangalore, The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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There has been no permanent chaplain there for many years, but a visiting Padre would come about once a month. The congregation would be very small, even though nonconformists, Scotch Presbyterian members of the foreign community took advantage of the clergyman's ministrations.
Milagres Church at Mangalore. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Used by Roman Catholic descendants of the Portuguese or of the converts made among the indigenous people of the coast.
Mangalore Fort. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography The 'Retreat' – one of the cantonment bungalows for officers up to 1893 when it ceased to be a garrison town. It stood within the confines of the old fort.
Mangalore Fort. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Tipu Sultan caused to be brought before him the fort commandant and his principal officers who had surrendered to the British and in the presence of his assembled troops had them blown from the muzzles of his great guns. He declaimed: "I, with 30,000 men besieged the place for 8 months and cou...
Mangalore Fort. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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The Port Officer’s garden is a bit of the fort glacis. Tipu Sultan caused to be brought before him the fort commandant and his principal officers who had surrendered to the British and in the presence of his assembled troops had them blown from the muzzles of his great guns. He declaimed: "I...
Mangalore Cemetery. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Of the great company of the dead who lie here perhaps the most important personage in life was Brig. Gen. John Carnac. Taken sick passage from Madras to Bombay he was landed at Manglaore and died there in the year 1800. His memorial is the oldest dated to survive, but both H.Ms 75th and 77th Reg...