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G. D. Naidu builds India's first indigenous electric motor

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Coimbatore inventor G. D. Naidu, working with D. Balasundaram, developed India's first indigenous electric motor.

G. D. Naidu was a largely self-taught engineer and entrepreneur from Coimbatore. Working with D. Balasundaram, he developed India's first indigenous electric motor in 1937. The work led to the establishment of Textool and Lakshmi Machine Works. It contributed to the growth of Coimbatore as an engineering and manufacturing centre.

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