Sorabji, Cornelia

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1888 first female graduate in western India; 1904-1924 lady legal adviser to the court of wards in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Assam; 1909 Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal; 1923 called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn; 1924-1929 first woman practising in Calcutta high court; 1937 Coronation medal

Epithet: Indian barrister and social reformer

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referencedIn Papers of Sir Hamilton Le Mesurier, Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa, 1897-1931 British Library
referencedIn Grant Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir, 1829-1906. Grant Duff Collection, 1852-1916 British Library
referencedIn Vol. xix a. circa 1860-1930.includes:f. 2 Art. Photographs: Lionel Tennyson, second son of Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: Photograph of Lionel Tennyson: 1864?.ff. 2, 18, 19 Art. Photographs: Oscar Gustav Rejlander, photographer: Portrait photograp..., approximately 1860-1930 British Library
referencedIn Vol. VII (ff. 302). 1909-1919.includes:ff. 1, 38, 52 John Campbell Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen; 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair; formerly Hamilton-Gordon: Letters to J. A. Spender: 1909, 1910. f. 3 Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller, journalist: Letter t..., 1909-1919 British Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of Charles Henry Roberts, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India 1914-15; member of Montagu Delegation to India 1917-18, and of Financial Relations Committee, 1909-1923 British Library
creatorOf Papers of Cornelia Sorabji (1866-1954), Indian lawyer and social reformer, Lady Assistant to the Court of Wards in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam 1904-23, 1882-1947 British Library
referencedIn Henry Battersby: Correspondence and papers, Early 19th century-1933 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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Birth 1866-11-15

Death 1954-07-06

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