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Description: Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to practice law in India and britain. #CorneliaSorabji has many firsts in her name, she was the first woman to graduate from bombay university, that too with honors. She was the first woman to study law in Oxford University, She practiced for 30 years in India before she finally got her degree and enrollment as a barrister. When she applied to get enrolled as a Lawyer, she was asked- give ONE example of a woman lawyer. She was denied scholarship because she was a woman. Watch Cornelia’s journey in this episode of #HerStory