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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Joshi
	First Name(s)	Anandibai
	Year of Birth	1865
	Year of Death	1887
	Entry	Born March, 1865 : daughter of Ganpatrao Amritaswar Joshi of Kalyan : given the name ""Jamuna"": learnt Sanskrit : married, 1874, to Gopal Vinayek Joshi, in the Postal Department : took to the study of medicine : left her husband in Calcutta and went in 1883 to England and America, to Mrs. Carpenter in N. Jersey : instructed at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia : gained a scholarship : took her degree as Doctor of Medicine there, 1886 : appointed Resident Physician to the female ward of the Albert Edward Hospital, Kolapur : her health failed, and she died of consumption at Poona, Feb. 27f 1887 : her body was burnt, and the ashes sent to America to be buried there.

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