Kadambini ganguly: Context

Kadambini Ganguly Context: 101st Death Anniversary of Kadambini Ganguly . About: Kadambini Ganguly was born on 18 July 1861 in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency (now part of modern-day Bihar). She is celebrated as the first female medical doctor in India and South Asia. The daughter of Brahmo reformer Braja Kishore Basu, she grew up in an environment that promoted education and social reform. Contributions: Medical Pioneer: Kadambini was the first woman to gain admission to Calcutta Medical ... This was an unprecedented thing that Kadambini could do. Later, she joined active politics, and was the first woman in Congress to demand representation of women. A group of six women led by her, joined the Congress at Bombay. Among them was Rabindranath Tagore’s elder sister, Swarnakumari Devi and her daughter, Sarla Devi Chaudhurani. Kadambini went on to become the first female speaker in the Congress session. Above all these she was also a mother of five children and a practising doctor ... Kadambini Ganguly defied every societal expectation to become India’s first woman doctor of Western medicine. From challenging caste and gender norms to confronting colonial discrimination head ...