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Soon after setting up a sugar plant, the company diversified its activities and started its own distillery in 1962–63. It added the liquor section in 1967–68. The company produces high quality premium brands like Old Castle Whisky, Gokak Falls Whisky, US Rum, Doctors Brandy, and
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The town of Ugar, now has a government-run public school as well, Kannada Gandu
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