State-level football tournament by National Football Club opens at Sidlaghatta's Nehru Stadium; host team wins the opening match against Chikkaballapura.
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.
