Google Doodle on Sunday remembered Kadambini Ganguly, the first woman to be trained as a doctor in India. The doodle has been painted by Bengaluru-based artist Odrija. Born on July 18, 1861 in Bhagalpur British India, now Bangladesh, Ganguly was a vocal activist for women’s liberation, a doctor and a freedom fighter.
Her father, a co-founder of India’s first women’s rights organization, enrolled Ganguly in school at an era when education was unusual for Indian women. She took the opportunity, and in 1883, Ganguly and her partner Chandramukhi Basuin became the first women to graduate college in Indian history.
Soon after graduating, Ganguly married professor and activist Dwarkanath Ganguly, who encouraged her to pursue a degree in medicine. Despite several initial rejections, she persisted until she was admitted to the Calcutta Medical College.
She graduated in 1886, once again making history as the first woman to become an Indian-educated doctor. After working and studying in the United Kingdom, she earned three additional doctoral certificates with a specialization in gynecology and returned to India in the 1890s to open her own private practice.
Ganguly sought the upliftment of other women in India through both medical service and activism in India’s women’s rights movement. In several other campaigns, Ganguly along with six others formed the first women’s delegation to the 1889 Indian National Congress.
The 2020 “Prothoma Kadambini” biographical television series based on the life of Ganguly rekindled his legacy by telling his inspirational story to a new generation.
Artist’s idea of Google Doodle?
Sharing his thoughts about the doodle in a Google page, artist Odrija said: “In the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen how the medical infrastructure and doctors as heroes and heroes to become saviors of the world has been honored. Looking back in time, Kadambini Ganguly was at the forefront of her contribution to the medical infrastructure in India with her indomitable spirit and curiosity, which earned her a triple diploma in her studies in Western medicine.
In the same spirit, it was a very proud moment for me to work on this doodle – representing a young, enthusiastic woman from pre-independence Bangladesh as I also have my own family roots in Bangladesh. Simultaneously, I got to represent some aspect of my hometown which is Calcutta (Ganguly studied at the Calcutta Medical College and worked for a long time in several hospitals in Calcutta).
When asked about his first thoughts on working on this doodle, he said: “Simply put, I get to Google doodles about a personality who is from my own hometown. Speaks my mother tongue and made a big difference. Back in that day. It was a proud moment for a Bengali!”
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