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  Princess Vera Ignatievna Gedroits was a Russian doctor of medicine and author. She was the first woman military surgeon in Russia, the first woman professor of surgery, and the first woman to serve as a physician in the Imperial Palace of Russia. Princess Vera Gedroits Вера Гедройц Vera Gedroits with patients circa 1915 Born Vera Ignatievna Gedroits 19 April 1870 Slobodishche,  Oryol Governorate ,  Russian Empire Died March 1932 (aged 61) Kiev,  Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ,  Soviet Union Nationality Russian Other names Vera Gedroyts, Vera Gedroitz, Vera Gedröitz, Vera Giedroyć, Vyera Ignat'yevna Gyedroycz Occupation Physician poet Years active 1900–1932 Writing career Pen name Sergei Gedroits

  B. R. Ambedkar father of India's Constitution, polymath, revolutionary, social reformer  Date of Birth:  14-Apr -1891  Place of Birth:  Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, India Date of Death:  06-Dec-1956 Profession:  writer, lawyer, politician, professor, jurist, economist, historian, civil rights advocate, pedagogue, political scientist, human rights activist, editor, journalist, sociologist, revolutionary, anthropologist, philosopher, essayist, orator, social reformer, newspaper editor, Constitutionalist, erudite, humanitarian, freedom fighter Nationality:   India Zodiac Sign:  Aries  Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Photograph of Ambedkar in the 1950s Member of Parliament  of  Rajya Sabha  for  Bombay State [1] In office 3 April 1952 – 6 December 1956 President Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru 1st Minister of Law and Justice In office 15 August 1947 – 6 October 1951 President Rajendra Prasad Gove...