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• ... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman to graduate and to receive a Ph. D. degree in law from the Cambridge University?

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Created/expanded by Ekabhishek (talk), Titodutta (talk). Nominated by Titodutta (talk) at 13:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC).

• There are conflicting claims in the article. The lede says she was the first to study at Cambridge, while the body says she was the first to graduate from Cambridge. That's quite different. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:28, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• She was first Indian woman student and graduate of Cambridge! Anyway, I have changed wording! --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 06:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• I'd have actually gone with "first Indian student", which is supported by Times of India. It's a bit more interesting I think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:46, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay, so —

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• ... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman student at the Cambridge University? --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 07:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• That's better, but I'd suggest going with a English-variant neutral version: ... first Indian woman to study at ..." — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:57, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• I can not understand this! --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 09:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• ALT2: ... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman to study at the Cambridge University? --09:19, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
• Possibly an ENGVAR issue, but "the Cambridge University" sounds very odd to me. At least in British English, it would simply be "Cambridge University" MChesterMC (talk) 10:05, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• Same with American English. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:32, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• Oh yeah, other than that hook issue: new enough, long enough, interesting hook. Referencing is fairly thorough, but FN 14 needs better formatting. Also, you seem to have mixed up the "work" and "publisher" parameter; Times of India, for instance, is not a publisher but a work. Only image is fair use, appropriate here as the subject is deceased. No close paraphrasing found. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:37, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• I have replaced all those to "newspaper"! FN 14? --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 11:49, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• Footnote 14 (""OBITUARY: Chanchal Sarkar (1926-2005)".") — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• Parameters added! --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 12:22, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks, good to go. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:54, 5 June 2013 (UTC)