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Plebot was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 missionary that established one of the first tile making factories known as Basel Mission tile factory
Basel Mission tile factory
Basel Mission tile factory ran by the German missionary Plebot, was the first Mangalore tile manufacturing factory to be set up in India in 1860 on bank of the Nethravathi river near Morgan's Gate, about 10 km from the Ullal bridge....

 in 1860, after they found large deposits of clay by the banks Gurupura
Gurupura River
The Gurupura river or Phalguni River or sometimes Kulur river has its origins in the Western Ghats, which drains its itself in the Arabian Sea at Mangalore.The New Mangalore port NMPT) and Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers is situated at the northern banks of Phalguni river...

 and Nethravathi
Nethravathi River
The Netravati River has its origins at Gangamoola in Kudremukh in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, India. This river flows through the famous pilgrimage place Dharmasthala and considered as one of the Holy rivers of India...

 rivers. It was located near Morgan's Gate
Morgan's Gate
Morgan' Gate is a suburb in the city of Mangalore, India. The suburb hosts Dakshina Kannada district's only full-fledged cricket stadium, the Mangala Stadium also known as Morgan's Gate cricket stadium....

on the banks of the river Nethravathi.
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