She and Dwarika Devi Thakurani, who had been elected to the House of Representatives were the first women in the Nepalese parliament.
[1] Related to the royal family,[2] she married Meen Shumsher J.B. Rana, an army general and earned a master's degree in political science.
[3][4] She established the Women's Volunteer Services in 1952,[5] and in the same year was appointed vice-chair of the National Assembly.
[4] Following the introduction of the 1959 constitution, a bicameral parliament was created with an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Maha Sabha (Senate).
Following the 1980 referendum on the system of government, she was appointed to the eleven-member Constitution Reform Recommendation Commission by King Birendra.