Their only son, Maharaj Kumar Dhrubendra Bhanj Deo (1908–1945), was a Royal Air Force pilot, who died in action during World War II.

The house is popular as Mayurbhanj palace which is a part of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) campus now.

She and her sister, the Maharani of Koch Bihar, Suniti Devi, were noted for their elegant style of dressing.

After the sudden death of his sister, Suniti Devi, in 1932, she was elected president of All Bengal Women's Union.

[5] In Calcutta she was known as a women's rights activist like her contemporaries Charulata Mukherjee, Saroj Nalini Dutt, T. R. Nelly, and her elder sister Suniti Devi the Maharani of Cooch Behar.