In 1928, she was enrolled for college education at Gujarat Vidyapeeth[2] but dropped out the following year, ostensibly in order to participate in the Salt Satyagraha.
At a young age, she heeded Gandhi's call to boycott foreign goods and institutions, and is said to have refused for this reason to go abroad to study.
She joined the Congress Seva Dal during the Salt Satyagraha and organized the boycott of foreign cloth and British goods.
During the turbulent year of Partition of India, she took active lead in restoring communal amity and harmony, firstly at Patna, where she was attending the flag hoisting ceremony on 15 August 1947, with permission from Gandhiji.
When she heard of riots being broken in Punjab, she immediately contacted Nehru and later rushed there to take active role in peace keeping.