She took control over the princely state as regent over the Council of Regency that managed the Government under the minority of prince Kirit Bikram Manikya Bahadur Debbarma.

She played a pivotal role in rehabilitating refugees and victims of the violence associated with the partition of India in the state of Tripura.

In 1948, she was forced by the Indian Government to abolish the Council of Regency and take sole control as regent.

[3] She ruled Tripura overseeing the merger and incorporation into independent India.

She was obliged by Indian pressure to sign the merger agreement on 9 September 1949.