In 1917, she married Siva Prasad Barooah of Khongiya Barooah family, the family that emerged as the champion of Assamese interests and repository of Assamese culture and traditions.

Noted Indian entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist Hemendra Prasad Barooah was her son.

[1] After her husband's death in 1938, she had to handle the huge Thengal household alone, starting from running their tea-gardens to retaining the family properties for her children.

In order to run their businesses, she educated herself in English as well as in tea craft.

It has been conferring the Kamal Kumari National Award since 1991 to individual or group for outstanding contributions to the field of Art, Culture & Literature and Science & Technology.