Mangalore City Corporation

Mangalore City Corporation

MCC Head Office, M.G.Road, Lalbagh
Logo of the Mangalore City Corporation
Formation	1865
Type	Municipal Corporation
Headquarters	Mangalore
Official language	Kannada, English
Mayor	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.