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G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) (b: 1893 - d: 1974) was an Indian inventor and engineer who is also referred to as the Edison of India.[1] He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also span the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (Hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering. He had only primary education but excelled as a versatile genius. Among his hobbies was train travel to near by cities.

Naidu was born on March 23, 1893, in Kalangal, near Coimbatore. He began his transport business in 1920, with the purchase of an automobile coach. He drove it between Pollachi and Palani. In a few years, his United Motor Service (UMS) owned the most efficient fleet of public transport vehicles in the country[citation needed]. In 1937, the first motor to be produced in India, was brought out from G D Naidu's UMS factory.

Naidu invented an electric razor (Rasant) that gave users more shaves than the other existing options in the international market. Among his other inventions were super-thin shaving blades, a distance adjuster for film cameras, a fruit juice extractor, a tamper-proof vote-recording machine and a kerosene-run fan. In 1941, he announced that he had the ability to manufacture five-valve Radio sets in India at a mere Rs 70/- a set. In 1952, the two-seater petrol engine car (costing a mere Rs 2,000/-) rolled out. But production was stopped subsequently, because of the Government's refusal to grant the necessary license. His inventiveness was not confined to machinery alone. He is said to have grown ten feet high Cotton plants, millet plants with high yields and several injections for plants that made possible what Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (Sir C. V. Raman) called "Botanic marvels"

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Hats off to him!!!
One more great unappreciated personality of India.

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dis is INDIA

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