153rd birth anniversary (Anandi Gopal Joshi)
Anandi Gopal Joshi Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi or A G Joshi (31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was one of the first Indian female practitioners of western medicine, alongside Kadambini Ganguly . [1] [2] [3] [4] She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of India to study and graduate with a two-year degree in western medicine in the United States . [5] She was also referred to as Anandibai Joshi and Anandi Gopal Joshi (where Gopal came from Gopalrao , which is her husband's first name). Early life [ edit ] Originally named Yamuna, Joshi was born, raised and married in Kalyan where her family had previously been landlords before experiencing financial losses. As was the practice at that time and due to pressure from her mother, she was married at the age of nine to Gopalrao Joshi, a widower almost twenty years her senior. [6] After marriage, ...