 These ideas were progressive for the era, but brought a change in India in slow ways over time.Naidu was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India, but later she returned as a protester due to the April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.For her work in the field of poetry writing, Naidu was given the title of "Nightingale of India".