Motibai Kapadia

Motibai Rustomji Kapadia (1867–1930) LRCP FRCS, is credited as the first Indian female physician in Western medicine to have trained alongside men in India. In 1884 she gained admission to Grant Medical College, Mumbai, from where she graduated. After gaining her Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP) she was appointed to head the Victoria Jubilee Hospital for women in Ahmedabad. In 1891, she qualified FRCS.

In 1911 Kapadia received the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours following the Coronation of George V and Mary.