Google on wednesday honoured Cornelia Sorabji , India's first woman lawyer , on her 151st birth anniversary with a doodle.Cornelia Sorabji was born to Parsi priest Sorabji Karsedji and Francina Ford on november 15 , 1866 in Nashik's Deolali in Maharashtra (Bombay Presidency) .She was one of nine siblings, but Sorabji went on to carve her own niche in the country's legal history with several firsts to ger credit.
Google saluted her many achievements - the first woman graduate of University of Bombay first woman lawyer of India who practised at Allhabad High Court first woman to ever get admission to British University - Oxford and the first remale to
practice law both india and Britain at the height of the Indian Freedom Struggle.
The Doodle was designed by Jasjyot Singh Hans and shows Sorabji standing outside the Allahabad High Court , where she launched her practice , attired in a lawyer's robe comprising a black gown , a white band and even a white wig from Nashik , she sifted and spent part of her childhood in Belgaum and Poona and studied in the Deccan College , Graduating with high ranking from the University of Bombay in the mid - 1880s. She briefly worked at a men's college in Gujarat as a Teacher and in 1888 sought assistance of the National Indian Associations UK , to pursue higher studies.
Sorabji received support from many Britons, including Arthur and his wife mary Hobhouse , Florence Nightingale , Sir William Wedderburn and others. She travelled to England in 1889 and lived with the Hobhouse couple . after clearing many obstacles , she became the first woman to join the somerset Ville , Oxford , for a Bachelor in Civil Laws degree in 1892 , with special permission. Upon returning to India in 1894 , she plunged into social service and legal advisory work , especially for purdanashin ' women from wealthy or royal familes who had no means to defend their wealth and properties but Sorabji secured special permission to file pleas on their behalf , yet could not represent them in the courts.