"her ability to rise above circumstances and to realize her potential as a human being made her a prize attraction to Sadharan Brahmos dedicated ideologically to the liberation of Bengal's women." Ganguly died on October 3, 1923, after having conducted an operation the same day. Criticism from conservative quarters Ganguly was heavily criticised by the conservative society of her time. After returning to India from Edinburgh and campaigning for women's rights, she was indirectly called a 'whore' in the Bengali magazine Bangabashi. Her husband Dwarkanath Ganguly took the case to court and won, with a jail sentence of 6 months meted out to the editor Mahesh Pal. In popular culture A Bengali television serial Prothoma Kadambini based on Ganguly's biography was telecast on Star Jalsha beginning in March 2020, starring Solanki Roy and Honey Bafna in the lead. Another Bengali series named Kadambini, starring Ushasi Ray as Ganguly, was telecast on Zee Bangla in 2020. On 18 July 2021, Google celebrated Ganguly's 160th birth anniversary with a doodle on its homepage in India. Notes References Further reading Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali, pp 79–80, 1861 births 1923 deaths People from Bhagalpur Brahmos Medical doctors from Kolkata Scientists from Bihar 19th-century Indian medical doctors Indian women medical doctors 20th-century Indian women scientists 20th-century Indian medical doctors 19th-century Indian women scientists Women scientists from Bihar Bethune College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Medical doctors from Bihar 20th-century women physicians 19th-century women physicians Scientists from West Bengal