The story of Rukhmabai has been incorporated into novels and films.
Dr Rukhmabai has the honour of being the first practising
lady doctor of India.
The court ordered Rukhmabai to live with her husband or face six months imprisonment.
Rukhmabai was ordered to go to her husband, or to jail for six months.
He declared that Rukhmabai had been wed in her"helpless infancy" and
that he could not compel a young lady.
In 1904 after the death of Bhikaji, Rukhmabai chose to start dressing in a white sari
as per Hindu traditions of widowhood.
Balgangadhar Tilak wrote in the Kesari that Rukhmabai's defiance was the result of an English education
and declared that Hinduism was in danger.
Rukhmabai(or Rakhmabai)(November 22,
1864- September 25, 1955), was an Indian woman who became one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India.
Rukhmabai( November 22,
1864- September 25, 1955), was an Indian woman who became one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India.
In July 1888, a settlement was reached with Bhikaji and he relinquished his claim on Rukhmabai for a payment of two thousand rupees.
On 4 March 1887, Justice Farran, using interpretations of Hindu laws,
ordered Rukhmabai to"go live with her husband or face six months of imprisonment.
In March 1884, Bhikaji sent a legal notice to Sakharam Arjun via his
lawyers Chalk and Walker, asking him to desist preventing Rukhmabai from joining him.
A hospital in Surat was named after her On 22 November 2017,
Google commemorated Rukhmabai's 153rd Birthday with a Google Doodle on their Indian front page.
In 1885,
the case of Bhikaji seeking"restitution of conjugal rights" titled"Bhikaji vs. Rukhmabai, 1885" came up for hearing
and the judgement was passed by Justice Robert Hill Pinhey.
Rukhmabai Raut was one of the earliest practicing
doctors of British India, during that time when rights for women, especially Indian women were rarely given in some way.