Four throwball teams of a Sidlaghatta taluk school won first place at the taluk-level sports meet and qualified for the district level; 48 students took part.
B. Virupakshappa, Sidlaghatta's first Municipal Council President, turned his home into a school for four years and donated 13 acres of land plus Rs 30,000 to build the town's first permanent high school, which later educated Prema Karanth and generations of students.
