Soon Nivedita found herself devoting to the cause of the Independence of India. Again the invisible hand of benevolent destiny drew her in the company of Sri Aurobindo. The passion for the Independence Movement was so strong in her that finally she had to take the decision to severe her contacts with the Ramakrishna Mission; because of her political activities she did not want the Mission to get implicated in any way. Exactly the same thing had later happened in the case of Sri Aurobindo; he resigned from the post of the Principal of National College. They were men of principles. But as is perhaps the cruel way of destiny, not to give a long life to good souls, Nivedita passed away on 13 October 1911; she was holidaying in Darjeeling with Jagadish Bose and his family. She wanted to be cremated according to the Hindu rites.

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