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 Logo of the Mangalore City Corporation | |
| Formation | 1865 |
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| Type | Municipal Corporation |
| Headquarters | Mangalore |
Official language | Kannada, English |
| Sudheer Shetty (BJP)[1] | |
Deputy mayor | Sunitha (BJP)[1] |
| Website | Mangaluru City Corporation |
The Mangalore City Corporation is the municipal corporation responsible for overseeing the local administration of the Indian city of Mangalore and it's suburbs, which are a major urban area and the most important port city of Karnataka state. The mechanism of municipal corporation was introduced in British India, with formation of the municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1762.[2] It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the Mayor, while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.
- ^ a b "Sudheer Shetty and Sunitha of BJP elected new Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru".
- ^ Gupta, Anupam. "City Mayors: Indian Mayors". citymayors.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.