She won the
1957 general election of India from
Sagar Lok Sabha constituency. Rai was also elected in
1971 and
1980 general elections of India, also from the Sagar Lok Sabha constituency. She was a member of the
2nd,
5th and
7th Lok Sabhas of India. She was member of
3rd Lok Sabha from Damoh Rai worked for Hindu–Muslim unity in
Noakhali and participated in
satyagraha (loosely translated as "insistence on truth") against the British, in 1945. She was also arrested with
Indira Gandhi in 1979 and imprisoned for a day. She died in March 1981 at the age of 61. ==See also==