Image and Narrative contributed by Krishna Algotar and Dr M. J. Algotar, Ex.Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, & Ex Vice-Dean, Grant Medical College
This photograph is from my collection of the medical college I worked in. The lady sitting in front is ‘Mai Ambedkar’, Mrs. Savita Ambedkar, wife of Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar. Grant Medical College is one of the oldest medical colleges of India and was started in 1845.
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2 Responses
The lady next to the gentlemen in light coloured suit is Mai Abedkar. There are names below the photograph.
There are two ladies sitting in front. So who is Mai?