[2][3][4] She became the first wife of an Indian ruling chief and the first Rajput lady to set aside caste prejudices and cross the Kala Pani when she joined her husband on a world tour in 1889–90.

[5][6] The purpose of this trip was her serious illness, which led the doctors to advise her to go to England for a change, so her husband, Bhagvatsinhji, took her there for her health.

[8][10] They returned to India in 1893, visiting the United States, Japan, China, Australia, and Sri Lanka on their way.

[2] She was elected president of the reception committee for the third Gujarati Sahitya Parishad held in Rajkot on 28 October 1909.

[8][11] She founded the Bhagvatsinhji Orphanage, named after her husband, and funded it herself to care for all the orphans in Gondal until they turned eight, after which they were moved to the Bai Saheb Ba Asylum, maintained by the Durbar.