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India's first transgender lawyer
July 3 , 2018
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- Sathyasri Sharmila created history by becoming India's first transgender lawyer.
- Sharmila, who hails from Tamil Nadu, enrolled her name in the Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu And Puducherry and became the first transgender lawyer in India.
- On a related note, the Rajasthan Police had appointed Ganga Kumari, its first transgender constable, last year, after the state High Court’s directive.
- Meanwhile, West Bengal’s Joyita Mondal was appointed the Lok Adalat judge of Islampur in North Dinajpur district, thus giving India its first transgender judge.
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