nineteen year old girl from ceylon passes bar examination not to be called till she is 21 miss avabai menta a nineteen year old girl from colombo ceylon has passed the examination for a call to the english bar she cannot be called until she is 21 miss mehta was a brilliant scholar at the maria grey training college london and after she matriculated she read for the bar in lincoln s inn she will be the first woman barrister in ceylon although there are several in india photo shows miss avabai mehta holding book and another woman photographed at her london home after 2bw36ba.jpg from desi giral bxx gril View Photo