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place in Karnataka, India
About Karavali
The coastal parts of Karnataka was calledCanaraorKanaraby European traders. There are many theories among historians as to how the name Canara came about, but the commonly accepted one is that it was a corruption ofKannada, which in turn came from theKannada dynastythat was ruling the place when the Portuguese stopped. The British took over the region in 1799, split the region intoNorth CanaraandSouth Canara, and made the former a part of theBombay Presidencywhile the latter was made part of theMadras Presidency. After independence in 1947, the two districts were reorganized into the Mysore state which later became Karnataka. They now got the indigenous namesUttara KannadaandDakshina Kannada. In 1997,Udupi districtwas hived off from Dakshina Kannada. In common withKerala, this region has a
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