07-18-2007, 09:59 AM
http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/...190700.htm
Mangaluru: it has come a long way
M. Raghuram
The countdown for the Government to implement its decision has begun
MANGALORE: With the countdown beginning for the State Government to implement its decision to shed the anglicised names of cities in Karnataka, people have different views though the name, Mangaluru, has no opposition.
The people in the district are so broad-minded and resourceful that they appear to have no inhibitions on what their city is called, legally or fondly.
It is a multi-linguistic city where people speak different languages such as Konkani, Tulu, Beary and Kannada but live in harmony and call the city by their own names. The Konkanis call it Kodial, Tuluvas Kudla, Kannadigas Mangaluru and those from Kerala settled in Mangalore call it Mangalapuram. The new generation would prefer it to be Mangalore.
The city gets its name from the Mangaladevi Temple, stated to be one of the oldest in the country, and Mangaluru has been there since long. Some say the name was derived from this temple which the Place Names Organisation, which held a seminar at the Regional Resource Centre in Udupi in 1991 under the leadership of late K.S. Haridas Bhat, endorsed it.
President of the Place Names Society of India K.V. Ramesh from Mysore told The Hindu that Mangaluru was first heard in 1345 A.D. during the Vijayanagar rule. Many âshilashasanasâ of Vijayanagar period refer the city as M angalapura. Even before that, during the Alupas period, it was referred to as Mangalapura. Dr. Ramesh, who is the chief resource person for a book âHistory of Bunt community in Dakshina Kannadaâ being put together, traces the history and lineage of the Bunt community and says Bunts had trade relations with Kerala and Alupas originally migrated from there to various trade centres in Dakshina Kananda, including Udupi.
When did Mangaluru get anglicised to become Mangalore? It should have started in 1799 after the defeat of Tipu Sultan when the British took control of the city, says head of the department of History, University of Mangalore, Surendra Rao.
It was not a deliberate change of names as it is happening now but it was a cultural divide between Kannada-speaking people and the British administrators. It happened not just in India but all places where there was colonial or foreign rule, Dr. Rao said. <b>It occurred when Sir Thomas Monroe became the first Collector of Kanara district which included Mangalore, Kasargod, Udupi and Karwar, and Mangalore was the district headquarters. When it was bifurcated into North Kanara and South Kanara in 1863, Kundapur taluk was with North Kanara for two years and the British later brought it under South Kanara in 1865. Kasargod was separated during the re-organisation of States in 1956, Dr. Rao said.</b>
Chairman of the Central Administrative Reforms Commission M. Veerappa Moily said that he remembered that South Kanara district had its last Board High School in Trikaripura in Kerala State and in 1952 the then headmaster of Udupi Board High School Shukrath Acharya was transferred to Trikaripura Board High School.
The name of Udupi was changed in 1969, according to the Medical Education Minister V.S. Acharya. He recalls that when he was the municipal president of Udupi, people used to write the name as âUdipiâ. Government buses from Udupi to Bangalore and Mysore also wrote it as Udipi in Kannada and English on their destination plates. Some North Karnataka organisations spelt it as âUdupy,â he said.
Mr. Moily says changing a name administratively takes a long time as it had to be changed in the World atlas and at least 50 Government departments, including Geological Survey, Archaeological Survey, banks and the Department of Posts. Changing Mangalore to Mangaluru has to be profound and pronounced. There is one âMangalurâ in Yelaburga taluk of Raichur district, a âMangoorâ in Hukkeri and âMangnurâ in Chikkodi taluks of Belgaum district, he said.
People from Kerala here fondly call it as Mangalapuram by which they mean the entire undivided district. It is believed that âMangalaâ denotes âa blessed landâ. The undivided Dakshina Kannada has many temples which are popular among people from Kerala too.
It is not just Mangalore. Kaup should become Kapu, Moodbidri to be Moodubidiru and Padubidri as Padubidiru after shedding their anglicised names.
Mangaluru: it has come a long way
M. Raghuram
The countdown for the Government to implement its decision has begun
MANGALORE: With the countdown beginning for the State Government to implement its decision to shed the anglicised names of cities in Karnataka, people have different views though the name, Mangaluru, has no opposition.
The people in the district are so broad-minded and resourceful that they appear to have no inhibitions on what their city is called, legally or fondly.
It is a multi-linguistic city where people speak different languages such as Konkani, Tulu, Beary and Kannada but live in harmony and call the city by their own names. The Konkanis call it Kodial, Tuluvas Kudla, Kannadigas Mangaluru and those from Kerala settled in Mangalore call it Mangalapuram. The new generation would prefer it to be Mangalore.
The city gets its name from the Mangaladevi Temple, stated to be one of the oldest in the country, and Mangaluru has been there since long. Some say the name was derived from this temple which the Place Names Organisation, which held a seminar at the Regional Resource Centre in Udupi in 1991 under the leadership of late K.S. Haridas Bhat, endorsed it.
President of the Place Names Society of India K.V. Ramesh from Mysore told The Hindu that Mangaluru was first heard in 1345 A.D. during the Vijayanagar rule. Many âshilashasanasâ of Vijayanagar period refer the city as M angalapura. Even before that, during the Alupas period, it was referred to as Mangalapura. Dr. Ramesh, who is the chief resource person for a book âHistory of Bunt community in Dakshina Kannadaâ being put together, traces the history and lineage of the Bunt community and says Bunts had trade relations with Kerala and Alupas originally migrated from there to various trade centres in Dakshina Kananda, including Udupi.
When did Mangaluru get anglicised to become Mangalore? It should have started in 1799 after the defeat of Tipu Sultan when the British took control of the city, says head of the department of History, University of Mangalore, Surendra Rao.
It was not a deliberate change of names as it is happening now but it was a cultural divide between Kannada-speaking people and the British administrators. It happened not just in India but all places where there was colonial or foreign rule, Dr. Rao said. <b>It occurred when Sir Thomas Monroe became the first Collector of Kanara district which included Mangalore, Kasargod, Udupi and Karwar, and Mangalore was the district headquarters. When it was bifurcated into North Kanara and South Kanara in 1863, Kundapur taluk was with North Kanara for two years and the British later brought it under South Kanara in 1865. Kasargod was separated during the re-organisation of States in 1956, Dr. Rao said.</b>
Chairman of the Central Administrative Reforms Commission M. Veerappa Moily said that he remembered that South Kanara district had its last Board High School in Trikaripura in Kerala State and in 1952 the then headmaster of Udupi Board High School Shukrath Acharya was transferred to Trikaripura Board High School.
The name of Udupi was changed in 1969, according to the Medical Education Minister V.S. Acharya. He recalls that when he was the municipal president of Udupi, people used to write the name as âUdipiâ. Government buses from Udupi to Bangalore and Mysore also wrote it as Udipi in Kannada and English on their destination plates. Some North Karnataka organisations spelt it as âUdupy,â he said.
Mr. Moily says changing a name administratively takes a long time as it had to be changed in the World atlas and at least 50 Government departments, including Geological Survey, Archaeological Survey, banks and the Department of Posts. Changing Mangalore to Mangaluru has to be profound and pronounced. There is one âMangalurâ in Yelaburga taluk of Raichur district, a âMangoorâ in Hukkeri and âMangnurâ in Chikkodi taluks of Belgaum district, he said.
People from Kerala here fondly call it as Mangalapuram by which they mean the entire undivided district. It is believed that âMangalaâ denotes âa blessed landâ. The undivided Dakshina Kannada has many temples which are popular among people from Kerala too.
It is not just Mangalore. Kaup should become Kapu, Moodbidri to be Moodubidiru and Padubidri as Padubidiru after shedding their anglicised names.