[citation needed] Her father was a gynaecologist whose clinic and maternity hospital were located near the Girgaum Chowpatty and who alo served as the President of the Mumbai Obstetrics & Gynecological Society from 1950 to 1952.
At that time, Rashtra Seva Dal activists like Dnyaneshwar Deulkar used to hold the shakha and Dandavate started attending it.
[1] The downfall of the Axis Powers including Germany and Japan led to a sense of security among the residents of Bombay, and Pramila returned to the city with her siblings.
After her Matriculation in India, Dandavate was enrolled in a Home economics course at the Sophia College for Women.
She also liked dancing and had taken lessons from the accomplished dancer Madame Menaka, alsk known as Leila Sokhey.