A high-school-educated Mumbai inventor had earned the title ‘India's Edison' with 200-plus inventions. Actor Madhavan shares remarkable story of Shankar Abaji Bhise

Shankar Abaji Bhise, remembered by R Madhavan in an AI-generated Instagram video, was a self-taught Indian inventor once called the “Edison of India”. Despite having only a high school education, he reportedly created more than 200 inventions. Inspired by Scientific American, he developed gadgets, weighing machines and electronic signboards. His Bhisotype typecaster aimed to transform printing. Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Henry Hyndman supported his inventive work.

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