Importance Of March – 23
Birthday Of Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu :
- G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) (23 March 1893 – 4 January 1974) was an Indian inventor and engineer who is also referred to as the Edison of India.
- He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India.
Personel Life :
- G.D. Naidu was born at Kalangal, Coimbatore on 23 March 1893 into a Telugu family in Tamil Nadu, India.
- He was the son of a farmer.
Inventions & Later life:
- G.D. Naidu developed India’s first indigenous motor in 1937 along with D. Balasundaram Naidu .
- It was the motor’s success that resulted in the founding of Textool by Balasundaram and, later on, Lakshmi Machine Works.
Death :
- Naidu died on 4 January 1974. Sir C V Raman said of Naidu: “A great educator, an entrepreneur in many fields of engineering and industry, a warm-hearted man filled with love for his fellows and a desire to help them in their troubles, Mr Naidu is truly a man in a million – perhaps this is an understatement!”
- He is survived by his son G.D. Gopal and grandchildren G.D.Rajkumar and Shantini. A permanent Industrial Exhibition in his memory is on in Coimbatore