GD Naidus award at Leipzig Trade Fair 1936 – what the German archives say.

For nearly half a century, Tamil language publications, social media, blogs and even a recent Governement of India Films Division production have repeated the claim that G.D.Naidu of Coimbatore won the Third Prize at the 1936 Leipzig Trade Fair in Germany for his razor Rasant. Some accounts credit both the First Prize and Third Prize […]