Kamala was so involved with the Nehru's in the national movement that she emerged into the forefront. In the Non-Cooperation movement of 1921, she organized groups of women in
Allahabad and picketed shops selling foreign
cloth and
liquor. When her husband was arrested to prevent him from delivering a "
seditious"
public speech, she decided to go in his place and read it out to a large crowd of onlookers (filled with her supporters). The colonial authorities soon realized the threat that Kamala Nehru posed to them and how popular she had become with women's groups all over India. She was arrested on two additional occasions for her involvement in Independence struggle activities, along with
Sarojini Naidu, Kamala Nehru's mother, and many other women of the Indian independence struggle. During this period she started a dispensary in her house
Swaraj Bhavan, converting few rooms into a Congress Dispensary to treat wounded activists, their families, and other residents of Allahabad(now Prayagraj). After her death,
Mahatma Gandhi with the help of other prominent leaders converted this dispensary into a proper hospital known as
Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital in her memory. Kamala Nehru spent some time at Gandhi's ashram with
Kasturba Gandhi where she built a close friendship with
Prabhavati Devi – the wife of independence activist
Jayaprakash Narayan. ==Death==