Muthulakshmi Reddi, India's First Woman Surgeon, was not just a Doctor but a Rebel at Heart

Muthulakshmi Reddi, India's First Woman Surgeon, was not just a Doctor but a Rebel at Heart

There was no lack of rebellious females in India who broke the forged glass ceiling and made fresh routes for generations of females. One such rebel is one of India's first physicians Muthulakshmi Reddi.

The government of Tamil Nadu recently marked the 30th July, Reddi's birthday, as "Hospitaller Day," to celebrate the contributions of the doctor in the sciences every year starting in 2019. In 1954, after her sister lost her sickness, which became both a private complaint and a profession of the doctor, she was well known for creating the Adayar Cancer Institute. She was the first woman in the history of British India who worked as a surgeon in a government hospital and the first woman lawmaker.

But Reddi's identity was not the only one. Today, on her birthday, Google Doodle pays homage to Reddi, and her doodle depicts her through books that lead to an uncovered future. And Reddi was an instructor, legislator, surgeon, and reformer, apart from being one of India's first doctors.