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CULTURE

Founder's Day

Assembly, the founder's lecture, and the alumni cricket match in the afternoon.

9
editions on record
97%
of Classes I–X entered
1
year not held
2,109
photographs across all editions
EDITION BY EDITION

Browse the editions.

Nine Novembers on the ground, including the year it did not happen at all.

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MOST RECENT15 November 2025 · Main ground
Sports Day 2025
The closest points finish since records began.
PARTICIPATION
97%
EVENTS
31
PARENTS ON GROUND
~640
RECORDS SET
4
Sports Day 2025 — cover photograph
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132 photographs in the 2025 albumFull album →

Nine editions in, the format is settled — heats seed the finals, every child in Classes I to XII runs at least once, and the times go up on the board the same afternoon.

HOUSE POINTS
1st Aravalli182 pts
2nd Shivalik179 pts
3rd Vindhya156 pts
4th Nilgiri148 pts
THAT YEAR'S MOMENTS
9:00 AMHouse march past, all four houses in new kits
12:30 PMThe senior 400m decided by 0.2 seconds
2:00 PMTrophy presented on the newly built stage
WHAT STILL STANDS

The records board.

Every mark still on the board, and who set it.

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SENIOR 100MBOYS
11.4s
R. Malhotra, Aravalli
Run in the 2023 final, into a headwind.
STANDING SINCE 2023
SENIOR 100MGIRLS
12.9s
A. Fernandes, Shivalik
Equalled in 2024, never beaten.
STANDING SINCE 2019
LONG JUMPOPEN
5.62m
K. Sinha, Vindhya
The furthest jump recorded on the current pit.
STANDING SINCE 2022
4×100M RELAYHOUSE
48.1s
Aravalli
The closest changeover the ground has seen.
STANDING SINCE 2025
SHOT PUTSENIOR BOYS
11.8m
V. Rao, Nilgiri
Set in the 2021 return edition.
STANDING SINCE 2021
HOUSE POINTSSINGLE EDITION
182 pts
Aravalli, 2025
The highest single-edition total on record.
STANDING SINCE 2025
THE RUN, IN NUMBERS

Participation, nine editions.

The share of Classes I–X entered for at least one event, edition by edition.

PARTICIPATION
2018–2026
61%
2018
68%
2019
2020
54%
2021
71%
2022
84%
2023
89%
2024
97%
2025
97%
2026
2020 was not held. The dip in 2021 reflects reduced-capacity return after closure.
2019Track surveyed
A proper 200m track was marked; the record book begins here.
2020Not held
Cancelled outright rather than moved online.
2022Reduced capacity
Return edition run at half capacity with alternate rows empty.
2025Compulsory entry
Games period made compulsory from Class I, lifting participation.