Vivekananda Seva Award (1983). Awards Tamrapatra Freedom Fighter Award-1972 Padma Bhushan-1982 Vivekananda Seva Award-1983 Birsa Munda Award-posthumously Death In 1991, Gaidinliu returned to her birthplace Longkao, where she died on 17 February 1993 at the age of 78. The Governor of Manipur, Chintamani Panigrahi, the Home Secretary of Nagaland, officials from Manipur and many people from all parts of the North Eastern region attended her funeral at her native village. In Imphal, the Chief Minister of Manipur R.K. Dorendra Singh, Deputy Chief Minister, Rishang Keishing and others paid floral tributes and a general holiday was declared by the State Government. Rani Gaidinliu was also conferred the Birsa Munda Award posthumously. The Government of India issued a postal stamp in her honour in 1996. The Government of India issued a commemorative coin in her honour in 2015. Legacy Because of the Heraka movement's hostility towards Christianity, Gaidinliu's heroics were not acknowledged highly among the Nagas, most of whom had converted to Christianity by the 1960s. The Naga nationalist groups don't recognize her either, because she was considered close to the Government of India. When the Hindu nationalist Sangh Parivar aligned with the Heraka movement in the 1970s, the perception that she was a promoter of Hinduism grew stronger among the Christian Nagas. In 2015, when the Central government and T. R. Zeliang's state government decided to construct a Gaidinliu memorial hall, several civil society organizations in the Nagaland state opposed the move. References 1915 births 1993 deaths Naga people Indian animists Indian independence activists from Manipur Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work Indian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners and detainees of British India People from Tamenglong district 20th-century Indian educators 20th-century Indian women Women in Manipur politics Women Indian independence activists Social workers Indigenous people Women educators from Manipur Educators from Manipur Social workers from Manipur Anti-Christian sentiment in Asia 20th-century women educators