Celebrating Indian legacy in Oxford

University | Art 01 Mar 10 Cornelia Sorabji was India's first lawyer and the first woman to sit Oxford's Bachelor of Civil Laws exam. Reproduced with permission of Richard Sorabji. Oxford University is hosting a temporary display and conference to commemorate the University's relationship with India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Bodleian library today opens a temporary display of archival sources exploring the varied journeys of Indian students, politicians, writers and critics through Oxford, including letters from Gandhi. Indian students are today the fifth-largest international population at Oxford: The University has around 320 Indian students, along with more than 900 Indian alumni and six alumni branches in India. Famous Indian alumni include India's first female Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, as well as its current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bollywood film star Soha Ali Khan. The exhibit highlights the longstanding role of Indians in Oxford by showing examples of their earliest presence at the University.