DR. KADAMBINI GANGULY

👩‍⚕️ Dr. Kadambini Ganguly, the first woman to be trained as a physician in India.

👩‍⚕️ Ganguly was also the first woman to get admission to Calcutta Medical College, from which she graduated in 1886.

👩‍⚕️ Today’s Google doodle, illustrated by Bengaluru- based guest artist Oddrija, marks the occasion of Ganguly’s 160th birthday and sheds light on her exemplary work to uplift Indian women throughout the country.

👩‍⚕️ Ganguly was also one of the six women to form the first all-women delegation of the 1889 Indian National Congress.

👩‍⚕️ The 2020 “Prothoma Kadambini” biographical television series based on Ganguly’s life reinvigorated her legacy by telling her inspirational story to a new generation.

👩‍⚕️ She worked through both medical service and activism in India’s women’s rights movement.