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G. D. Naidu: India’s Edison Who Sparked a Tech Revolution

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Coimbatore, 1930s — While the British Raj still ruled India’s skies, one man in Tamil Nadu was already building low-cost electric motors, indigenous cars, and industrial tools. His name was Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, but history remembers him simply as G. D. Naidu — the Edison of India. Though largely absent from school textbooks, Naidu’s genius spanned mechanical engineering, transport innovation, agriculture, and even education. His legacy p…
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Kiddaan broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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