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unusual facts about Lourdes Central School, Mangalore



2010 Pune bombing

Samad was trying to slip into the country through the Bajpe Airport by taking advantage of the situation that prevailed following the 22 May 2010 crash at Mangalore of flight Air India Express Flight 812.

AMPL-class interceptor boat

The vessels have been based at various Indian coast guard station such as Mandapam, Mangalore, Visakhapatnam, Okha, Chennai, Kochi and Goa, and one boat was leased to Mauritius in 2001.

Bank of Madras

Bank of Madras had a branch network spread into all the major cities and trade centers of South India, including Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Calicut, Tellicherry, Cochin, Alleppy, Cocanada, Guntur, Masulipatnam, Ootacamund, Nagapatnam, and Tuticorin.

Canara High School

A group of four B.A. graduates— Sriyuths U. Srinivas Rao, B. Padmanabha Baliga, B. Vaman Baliga and Arkal Vasudev Rao—with a mission to educate the Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community in Mangalore were the first teachers and proprietors.

Chengannur

By rail, Chengannur is well connected to major cities in India like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bikaner, Mangalore, Bhopal, Guwahati, Nagpur, Jammu and other major cities of the country.

College of Fisheries

The College of Fisheries, Mangalore, Karnataka, a premier fisheries education and research institute was established in 1969 by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

Daijiworld Media

In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRI's, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.

The portal contains a variety of columns ranging from daily news, interviews, achievements, cookery, women interest, young world, and other information about Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka, Goa, Mumbai, and Middle-Eastern countries.

Diana Pinto

Her mother Irene Pinto hails from Moodabidri (near Mangalore), and is also a Manager in Bank of Baroda (Mumbai branch).

Eraviputhenthurai

Vessels travel to Porbandar, Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Gareware, Goa, Mangalore, Kochi, Neendakara, Vizhinjam, Kanyakumari, Chennai, Vishakapattanam, Paradeep and so on.

First World Konkani Convention

From December 16 to 22, 1995, the First World Konkani Convention was held in Mangalore under the auspices of Konkani Bhasha Mandal Karnatak, Konkani Activist and organiser Basti Vaman Shenoy was its chief convener.

Flight 812

Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737-800 which overshot the runway at Mangalore International Airport on May 22, 2010, killing 158 passengers and crew on board.

Gowramma

It successfully completed 50 days in more than 17 centres across Karnataka and recorded 100 days in many centres across the state like Bangalore, Mysore, Davanagere, Shimoga, Mangalore, Hubli.

H. S. Ballal

In April 1997, Dr Ballal was appointed Associate Dean of the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and subsequently, in 2001, was elevated as its Dean and on September 1, 2003, he was appointed to the distinguished position of Vice Chancellor of Manipal University.

History of Mangalore

Ptolemy had also mentioned this city of Mangalore in his work as Maganoor.

Karanjadi train crash

At 6.10am, the Matsyagandha Express passenger train, transporting commuters between Mangalore and Mumbai, was on a section of the Konkan Railway line between Veer and Karanjadi, when the engine ran headlong into the debris of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains, which had collapsed part of a hillside across the track, crushing steel nets put there to prevent such a fall.

Keshavashram

In the town of Mangalore lived a pious devotee of Swamiji who was physically challenged (feet had a disability).

The suitable successor was found in a youngster from the Shukla Bhat family from Mangalore.

Khed, Ratnagiri

Khed lies off National Highway NH-17, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, that connects Khed with cities like Mangalore, Panaji, Madgaon, Karwar and Udupi.

Kodava maaple

Many of them retain their Kodava family or clan names.They contract marriage alliances with the Muslims of Coorg, Mangalore and Kerala.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Kudla

Mangalore, city in India, known as Kudla in the Tulu language

Lourdes Central School, Mangalore

The administrative block and all other facilities were blessed by Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore and inaugurated by Mr. Oscar Fernandes, M.P. on 13 March 2005.

Lourdes Central School has formulated an international partnership with Pilton Bluecoat C of E Junior School of Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom.

Mahalasa

In recent years, due to the increased popularity of the goddess, new temples have been established in Verna, Kumta, Mudgeri, Kundapura, Basruru, Shirva, Mangalore, Kasargod, harikhandige, binaga and other areas mostly along coastal Karnataka.

Mangalore Kannada

Mangalore Kannada is one of the three regional varieties of Kannada language, an official language of the Indian state of Karnataka.

New Woodlands Hotel

The New Woodlands Hotel was founded by K. Krishna Rao who was born to a Hindu priest in Kadandale near Mangalore on October 21, 1898.

Pappa Vidyaakar

Pappa Vidyaakar was born in Mangalore but grew up in Kollegal in the state of Karnataka.

Pre-Portuguese Christianity in Goa

He also reports the existence of Christian and Hindu 'Thomses' in Kalyanpuram near Mangalore, probably people who fled or migrated from Goa.

Sankighatta

Sankighatta is on the way to Shravanabelagola from Bangalore, (Bangalore Mangalore (BM) road, National Highway NH48, before Kunigal: take right from the main road near Tippasandra hand post/cross and drive for about 7 KM to reach Sankighatta).

Shepparton railway line

Following its take over by the Victorian Government in 1867, the line was extended to Tallarook and Mangalore in 1872.

Sindhudurg district

District is also well connected by Konkan railway to Mumbai, Thane,Goa and other parts of the country like Mangalore, Karwar Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Hapa, Veraval, New Delhi, Jodhpur, Porbundar by Konkan rail.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

V. J. P. Saldanha

Vincent John Peter Saldanha was born on 9 June 1925, the eight child to Martin Ligoury Saldanha and Theresa Saldanha in the Omzoor locality of Mangalore.


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