When Mudaliar was sentenced to prison, she was already a little sick. Her condition soon began to deteriorate, but she refused the offer of the authorities to return home. She was not prepared to give up the passive struggle. She was eventually released on 11 February 1914, after a provisional agreement had been signed between Smuts and Gandhi. She arrived home on 20 February, and on 27 February died.

References

• ‘Soweto’ supplement, The Leader
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