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Rukhmabai

1864 - 1955

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Rukhmabai (22 November 1864 – 25 September 1955) was an Indian physician and feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India (the first being Dr. Kadambini Ganguly who started practicing in 1886) as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law vs tradition, social reform vs conservatism and feminism in both British-ruled India and England. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rukhmabai is the 2,190th most popular religious figure (up from 2,925th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from India (up from 798th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rukhmabai ranks 2,190 out of 3,187. Before her are Jason of Thessalonica, Eznik of Kolb, José Freire Falcão, Pope Maximus of Alexandria, Laurentius Petri, and Armand Razafindratandra. After her are Domenico Ferrata, Hilarion of Kiev, Uthman ibn Maz'un, William of the White Hands, Charles Wesley, and Jonathan Sacks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Rukhmabai ranks 102. Before her are Karl Neukirch, Guy Ropartz, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, John Henry Mackay, and Roger Casement. After her are Elena Văcărescu, Akashi Motojiro, Đồng Khánh, Apolinario Mabini, Futabatei Shimei, and Toktogul Satylganov. Among people deceased in 1955, Rukhmabai ranks 95. Before her are Emmanuel de Martonne, Lin Huiyin, Margaret Abbott, Ahmad Qavam, Erwin von Lahousen, and Hans Hedtoft. After her are Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Horace McCoy, Ango Sakaguchi, Wallace Stevens, Jenő Fuchs, and Arthur Bernardes.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rukhmabai ranks 436 out of 1,861. Before her are The Great Khali (1972), Fatima Sheikh (1831), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Kumar Sanu (1957), and Sridevi (1963). After her are Debendranath Tagore (1817), Irrfan Khan (1967), BP Koirala (1914), Naushad (1919), Sarada Devi (1853), and Satya Nadella (1967).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Rukhmabai ranks 47. Before her are Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Joseph Vaz (1651), Swaminarayan (1781), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), and Nirmala Srivastava (1923). After her are Oswald Gracias (1944), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), and Baselios Cleemis (1959).

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