[1] She was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing Amritsar West constituency.
She was a part of the All India Students Federation (AISF) delegation which visited the state and engaged in the relief activities of the Bengal famine of 1943.
[6] Later, she moved to Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia, joining the International Students Union (ISU), and spent a few years there involved with the organization's activities.
[2] The couple settled in Chheharta Sahib, a satellite town of Amritsar, where they continued their social and political work for the development of the area.
[2] However, she continued her social activities, associating with Punjab Istri Sabha[9] and Aruna Asaf Ali Memorial Trust, an NGO founded in 1997, in the name of the Bharat Ratna awardee.