Google doodle pays tribute to India’s first practising female doctor
Google doodle pays tribute to India’s first practising female doctor
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Google doodle paid tribute to Kadambini Ganguly on her 160th birthday on Sunday. The lady was the first woman to get admission to the Calcutta Medical College in 1884. The time when the institution was almost exclusively attended by men Ganguly was the one to challenge all odds and become a doctor.

Ganguly was born in 1861 in Bhagalpur British India, now Bangladesh. Kadambini Ganguly and her peer Chandramukhi Basu became the first women to graduate college in Indian history in year 1883. The journey to getting admission to Calcutta Medical College was not an easy one for Ganguly. She persevered and achieved the feat. Ganguly and Anandibai Joshi both obtained their degrees in medicine back in 1886, thus getting recognized as the first female doctors in India. In 1886, Ganguly became the first practising woman physician in south Asia trained in European medicine. She tied knot with a professor and activist Dwarkanath Ganguly, who encouraged her to pursue her dreams. Kadambini Ganguly aimed to uplift other women in India. She worked on both medical service and activism in India’s women’s rights movement. Ganguly joined six others to form the first all-women delegation of the 1889 Indian National Congress.

Lastly, the Google Doodle honouring Ganguly is designed by Bengaluru-based artist Oddrija.

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