Google Honours Cornelia Sorabji, India's first Woman Advocate with Doodle

November 15, 2017
Today on November 15,  Google is paying tribute to Cornelia Sorabji on her 151st birthday with a doodle.


  • Cornelia Sorabji  was an Indian woman who achieved several notable firsts
  • She was the first woman to graduate in law from India as early as 1892.
  • She was the first female graduate of Bombay University, the first woman to study law at Oxford University and she the first woman to practise law in India and Britain.
  • She was associated with the Bengal branch of the National Council for Women in India, the Federation of University Women, and the Bengal League of Social Service for Women. 
  • She was honoured with Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal in 1909 for her services to the Indian nation

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