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Statement 1: Meera Kosambi was the daughter of a renowned historian.
Statement 2: Dr. Sharmila Rege was the first practising female doctor in colonial India.

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Both statement 1 and statement 2 are correct.
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Only statement 1 is correct.
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Only statement 2 is correct.
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Both statement 1 and statement 2 are incorrect.
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The correct option is B Only statement 1 is correct.
Meera Kosambi, a sociologist, was the daughter of renowned Marxist historian Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi. She wrote the Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History. It contained the life stories of women like Pandita Ramabai and Dr. Rukhamabai. Dr. Rukhamabai was the first practising female doctor of colonial India. Dr. Sharmila Rege’s work like the Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonies is notable in covering the viewpoint of Dalit women in Maharashtra. It includes her essays on the autobiographies of Dalit women.

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