It 1981 the Government of India honoured Mirabehn with the Padma Vibhushan for her meritorious service to India and mankind.
The life story of Mirabehn is legendary like Mirabai, the devotee of Lord Krishna, who had left Mewar to worship Lord Krishna. Mirabehn, too, had set aside her own Mewar to explore her new abode. She never aspired to be an interpreter of Gandhi's thought, but she never faltered in her service of attending on him at any time. Although Bapu had made her his daughter, she did not have the good fortune of continuously living with him, as Mahadevbhai had.