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          In the s, she published two autobiographical books: India Calling () and India Recalled ().!

          Cornelia Sorabji

          Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)

          Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer.

          She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University.

          Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian Parsee Christian who is seen as India's first female barrister although she was never technically called to the English Bar.

        1. Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian Parsee Christian who is seen as India's first female barrister although she was never technically called to the English Bar.
        2. Cornelia Sorabji () was the first woman lawyer of India whose formative years coincided with the high noon of the British Empire.
        3. In the s, she published two autobiographical books: India Calling () and India Recalled ().
        4. Sorabji became the first woman to practise law in India.
        5. The first woman to practice law in India and Britain, Cornelia Sorabji founded the League for Infant Welfare, Maternity and District Nursing and helped.

          6. Returning to India after her studies at Oxford, Sorabji became involved in social and advisory work on behalf of the purdahnashins, women who were forbidden to communicate with the outside male world, but she was unable to defend them in court since, as a woman, she did not hold professional standing in the Indian legal system.

          Hoping to remedy this, Sorabji presented herself for the LLB examination of Bombay University in 1897 and the pleader's examination of Allahabad High Court in 1899. She became the first female advocate in India but would not be recognised as a barrister until the law which barred women from practising was changed in 1923.

          She was involved with several social service