<p>Former Mayor of Belagavi Sidddangouda Patil passed away at his residence here on Wednesday, family sources said.</p>.<p>He was 87. Patil was suffering from old age-related ailments.</p>.<p>He is survived by wife and an adopted son, the sources said. His last rites would be performed in his native village of Mallapur in Belagavi, they said.</p>.<p>Patil was first elected to the Belagavi municipal corporation in 1984 and became the first Kannada-speaking Mayor of the city.</p>.<p>An ardent lover of Kannada, he had been participating in the Kannada movement since 1956, his close associates said.</p>.<p>They said he was also the director of DCC Bank and the president of Consumer Redressal Forum.</p>
<p>Former Mayor of Belagavi Sidddangouda Patil passed away at his residence here on Wednesday, family sources said.</p>.<p>He was 87. Patil was suffering from old age-related ailments.</p>.<p>He is survived by wife and an adopted son, the sources said. His last rites would be performed in his native village of Mallapur in Belagavi, they said.</p>.<p>Patil was first elected to the Belagavi municipal corporation in 1984 and became the first Kannada-speaking Mayor of the city.</p>.<p>An ardent lover of Kannada, he had been participating in the Kannada movement since 1956, his close associates said.</p>.<p>They said he was also the director of DCC Bank and the president of Consumer Redressal Forum.</p>