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Who were the first female doctors in India?

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Answer: Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi, together with Kadambini Ganguly, were two of India’s first female doctors. 

  • Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi was the first woman from India’s former Bombay presidency to study and get a two-year certification in western medicine in the USA.
  • She had a boy at the age of fourteen after marrying at the age of nine. 
  • The kid perished as a result of a lack of medical treatment. 
  • This was the inspiration for Anandibai to pursue a career as a physician.
  • Anandibai received her MD in March 1886. 
  • Her thesis was titled “Obstetrics among the Aryan Hindoos,” and included references from American medical textbooks and Ayurvedic works.