Today (March 23, 1893) is the Birthday
of G.D. Naidu, the scientific grandfather of Tamil Nadu, acclaimed as the
Edison of India to manufacture the first electric motor in India.
Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu was born on March 23, 1893, in Kalangal village, Coimbatore district. G.T. Naidu was not interested in their studies at a young age. He was literate and developed his intellect by being a teacher himself, buying and reading all his favourite books. Those who were with him looked at him strangely until he thought that whatever he did should express his uniqueness in it. A revolutionary in his teens, he once mobilized civilian workers against his village leaders and went on strike demanding higher wages. He gave all of his own savings to workers who struggled without pay at the time of the strike. He once saw an empty medicine bottle. He learned that it was the only painkiller being prepared in the United States. He imported it from the United States and sold it here. He made a profit of Rs.800 in that year alone. He was then eighteen years old.
He worked as a server in a hotel and saved money. In it, he bought the bike of an English officer and disassembled it. It was reassembled and another side-by-side amateur sidebox was designed and attached. At a young age, GD Naidu joined a motor factory in Coimbatore. While at work, he studied and learned the techniques of the profession. In a short time, he hated being a worker to others. He quit his job and borrowed money from friends with the money he had saved from his salary and set up a cotton factory in Tirupur. His cotton industry was booming at the time of the outbreak of World War I. His immense business prowess soon made him one of the few millionaires in Tirupur. The man who went to Bombay to expand his business suffered an unexpected loss.
He borrowed a bus from Stance, a transport worker, and operated a bus service between Pollachi and Palani. Started United Motor Service. He was the first to find a device that showed the arrival time of buses belonging to his company and kept them at bus stops. He made and used a machine in his small factory at that time to issue tickets. Such inventions were the art of Naidu. Many of his achievements in the field of science without a university degree. His buses never had the need to pour water into the radiator frequently by inventing the machine parallel to the motor radiator.
Naidu invented the Vibrator Tester, a machine that can detect whether the engine has a high or low vibration rate while it is running, and has proven to the world that it can compete with foreign scientists in our country and in the field of science. His discoveries continued in fields completely different from the motor vehicle industry he was doing. His invention continued to be the Distance Adjuster, a tool that later became very helpful in the field of photography, a tool for squeezing fruit juice, and a blade for shaving the face without any cuts. He did not agree to the request of an American company to manufacture the blades made by Naidu himself and sell its patent for one lakh dollars.
To make them in Tamil Nadu, he made a great effort to import the required steel from Norway. But his effort did not go unnoticed. So that Naidu's great inventions could no longer be patented. One of his inventions, a razor blade and a blade, won first and third prizes, respectively, at an exhibition in Germany in 1936. Many companies refused to claim ownership of his inventions and demanded funding from the Government of India to produce them in our own country. But the Indian government did not listen to his request and it was not implemented. Naidu was so upset that an American company offered to pay ten lakhs for his invention and gave it away for free.
He said the sharp reason was to buy ten lakh rupees from an American company and give it to the British government in India for free rather than paying nine lakh rupees in taxes. Further, he made a public statement that he had kept all his discoveries unregistered in his name to own them throughout his country and that any Indian could use them for free. Another reason why many of Naidu's inventions were largely useless to the country was the high tax imposed on him by the government of the day. He was one of the highest taxpayers in the country at the time and was notorious for being a tax evader. So, I will simply stay away from giving to the heartbroken Naidu government. He vowed not to pay a penny in the name of income tax anymore.
His discoveries led to many astonishing achievements not only in the mechanical and motor industry but also in agriculture. Seedless eggplant and orange fruit are some of his inventions. Next, he injected the maize into 18 1/2 feet tall with 26 branches shortly after it was lost. The normal corn plant had only three or four years. But Naidu's miracle plants had up to 39 rays. After that, he continued his research on cotton and turmeric. The results of his plant research astonished the Americans. The Germans named his miracle cotton plant 'Naidu Cotton'. Yet the Indian government never saw him.
In 1938, he handed over buses belonging to his transport company worth Rs. 18 lakhs free of cost to the Coimbatore Regional Corporation. Naidu, who wanted the youth of the country to become professionals and benefit the country, helped them financially as much as he could to study. He advised the youth who sought his help that only vocational education was needed for today's India. He also started polytechnic and engineering colleges on his own initiative. The College is now known as Government Technical College, Coimbatore (GCT). His son G.T. He also sent Gopal to vocational education without sending him to Art College. He now oversees the business establishments his father created.
During Naidu's overseas tour, many institutions and companies donated training equipment and equipment to his college. He is credited with starting the first electric motor manufacturing plant in India in Coimbatore. Many leaders have praised Naidu for his intelligence, his generosity and his kindness in helping the common man. He is a fund for Tamil Nadu. Periyar said his fame should spread all over the world. Our society has not made full use of Naidu's knowledge. Scholar Anna said his findings are treasures of immense value.
Coimbatore residents should be proud to see Naidu taking great interest in their education and progress. How proud we should be to live with such a man. ' C. V. Raman. The permanent exhibition set up at Gopal Bagh on Avinashi Road still showcases his intellect. Born in an ordinary village, GD Naidu passed away on January 4, 1974, in Coimbatore at the age of 81.
Source By: Wikipedia
Information: Ramesh, Assistant Professor of Physics, Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, Trichy.
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