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Detailed explanation-1: -Today’s Doodle celebrates Indian educator and feminist icon Fatima Sheikh, who is widely considered to be India’s first Muslim woman teacher.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fatima Sheikh was an Indian educator and social reformer, who was a colleague of the social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule. She was born on 9 January 1831, and passed away on 9 October 1900. Sheikh is widely considered to be India’s first Muslim woman teacher.

Detailed explanation-3: -Congratulations to the National Winner of the year, Shlok Mukherjee. Shlok Mukherjee from Kolkata, West Bengal won for his Doodle titled ‘India on the Center Stage’. Google is honored to award Shlok with INR 500,000 college scholarship and INR 200,000 technology package for his school.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fatima Sheikh, often a lost figure in Indian history, was a pioneering teacher, anti-caste activist, proponent of girls’ education, and social reformer in 19th century Maharashtra. Along with Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, she started the first girls’ school in the country, in spite of loud, threatening opposition.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jerry Lawson, a pioneering engineer who created the video game cartridge in 1976, is honoured in today’s Google Doodle.