Google Doodle celebrated life of India’s first woman physician

Google recently celebrated the life and work of Dr. Kadambini Ganguly, the first woman to be trained as a physician in India.

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

Kadambini Ganguly was one of the first Indian female doctors who practiced with a degree in Western medicine, alongside other pioneering women such as Anandibai Joshi.

Ganguly was the first woman to gain admission to Calcutta Medical College in 1884, subsequently trained in Scotland, and established a successful medical practice in India.

Kadambini started her education at Banga Mahila Vidyalaya and while at Bethune School (established by Bethune) in 1878 became the first woman to pass the University of Calcutta entrance examination.

It was partly in recognition of her efforts that Bethune College first introduced FA (First Arts), and then graduation courses in 1883.

She and Chandramukhi Basu became the first graduates from Bethune College, and in the process became the first female graduates in the country and in the entire British Empire.