Family
She married Manmohan Jayakar, a barrister, in 1937, who died in 1972. Her daughter Radhika Herzberger was born in 1938, who now presides and runs the Rishi Valley School at Madanapalle, Sahyadri School at Rajgurunagar (Pune) and Rajghat Besant School (Varanasi) and other KFI schools. Kathak danseuse, Aditi Mangaldas is her niece.
She died in Mumbai, on 29 March 1997, after a brief illness.
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