She was born to prominent lawyer, Brajkishore Prasad and Phool Devi in Srinagar in the present-day district of Siwan in Bihar.
Brajkishore Prasad was himself an ardent Gandhian perhaps the first Congress party member in Bihar who had given up a lucrative legal practice to devote himself to the freedom struggle.
[5] One hangs on the wall of the home in the Kadam Kuan locality of Patna where Narayan and his wife both spent their last years.
But, he added, he had taken a vow that in the case of any school, project, or programme started in memory of his father (Motilal Nehru) or his wife, he would not participate in its inauguration.
It was under her influence that Jayaprakash joined the Sarvodaya movement and actively participated in peace overtures in the Northeast India and the Middle East.