Cornelia Sorabji: first woman Adocate of India

Google Doodle on November 15^th paid tribute to Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to practice law in the country, on the occasion of her 151st birth anniversary.

Who was Cornelia Sorabji?

Cornelia Sorabji was the first woman advocate of India. She created history by becoming first woman lawyer in 1924. She was the first woman permitted to attend Bombay University, where she excelled. She then went on to become the first Indian woman to study law at Oxford University in 1892.