Kadambini Ganguly (Bengali: কাদমৠবিনী
গাঙৠগৠলি; 18 July 1861 â€" 3 October 1923) along with
Anandibai Joshi was one of the first two female physicians from India
as well as from the entire British Empire. Kadambini, herself, was
also the first Indian as well as South Asian female physician, trained
in western medicine, to graduate in South Asia.The daughter of Brahmo
reformer Braja Kishore Basu, she was born on 18 July 1861 at
Bhagalpur, Bihar in British India. The family was from Chandsi, in
Barisal which is now in Bangladesh. Her father was headmaster of
Bhagalpur School. He and Abhay Charan Mallick started the movement for
women's emancipation at Bhagalpur, establishing the women's
organisation Bhagalpur Mahila Samiti in 1863, the first 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.
গাঙৠগৠলি; 18 July 1861 â€" 3 October 1923) along with
Anandibai Joshi was one of the first two female physicians from India
as well as from the entire British Empire. Kadambini, herself, was
also the first Indian as well as South Asian female physician, trained
in western medicine, to graduate in South Asia.The daughter of Brahmo
reformer Braja Kishore Basu, she was born on 18 July 1861 at
Bhagalpur, Bihar in British India. The family was from Chandsi, in
Barisal which is now in Bangladesh. Her father was headmaster of
Bhagalpur School. He and Abhay Charan Mallick started the movement for
women's emancipation at Bhagalpur, establishing the women's
organisation Bhagalpur Mahila Samiti in 1863, the first 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.
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