Multiple choice general knowledge history

First Indian woman doctor qualified to practice western medicine

  1. Anandi Gopal Joshi

  2. Kadambini Ganguly

  3. Indra Nooyi

  4. Kalpana Chawla
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Explanation

Kadambini Ganguly was one of the first two Indian women to practice Western medicine, graduating from Calcutta Medical College in 1886. Anandi Gopal Joshi also graduated in 1886 from Woman's Medical College, Pennsylvania, but Kadambini Ganguly is often recognized as the first to practice in India. Indra Nooyi and Kalpana Chawla are from business and space fields respectively.

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