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Obituary note for Dr. Amar Nath Mukerjee
Obituary announcing the death of Dr. Amar Nath Mukerjee, one of the first students from India to earn a medical degree in the United States. Dr. Mukerjee was massacred, along with all the members of his family except a sister, during a caste uprising shortly after he returned to India.

Letter from A.N. Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D.
Letter dated May 18, 1899 from Amar Nath Mukerjee to Charles Mohr, M.D. inquiring as to whether or not Mukerjee could pay a $50 registration fee in installments, rather than at once in full. Mukerjee was one of the first students from India to attend Hahnemann Medical College. He graduated with honors in 1902.

"First Hindu Woman Here Studying Medicine Is a Brilliant Student"
Photograph in a newspaper of Premala Shahane of Maharashtra, student at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, circa 1928-29. The caption indicates that Shahane's first name is 'Pamela', though elsewhere she is identified as 'Premala'. The caption also incorrectly states that Shahane was the first "Hindu Woman" at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Photograph of Dora Chatterjee
Dora Chatterjee from her class photograph as a student at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She graduated with her M.D. in 1901.

Old world girls to be M.D.'s
A newspaper article describing the upcoming graduation of Miss Dora Chatterjee as only the third "Native Hindu" woman to graduate from the college.

Full length portrait of Gurubai Karmarkar
Photograph of Gurubal Karmarkar, a graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1892.

Gurubai Karmarkar
Photograph of Gurubai Karmarkar, an 1892 graduate from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Students (including Gurubai Karmarkar) posing for a photo
Photograph of Hu King Eng, Gurabai Karmarkar, and Mary H. Platt, members of the Class of 1892 at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

"An Event for Hindostan and for Philadelphia, also." / "Distinguished Brahmin Lady in Philadelphia."
Newspaper clippings from April 1886 highlighting the arrival of Dr. Anandibai Joshee’s family in Philadelphia for her commencement ceremony. Dr. Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.

Autograph Card for Gopal Vinayak Joshee
Autograph card signed in English and Marathi by Gopal Vinayak Joshee for Cornelia Kahn, a classmate of Anandibai Joshee at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Joshee was the first woman from India to receive a degree in medicine in the United States.

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