On the occasion of its 68th anniversary, the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, published a book-length poem titled 'Monsoon', written by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar.
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated a newly developed 'Arogya Vanam' at the President's Estate, (Rashtrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi.
Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962, to a Punjabi Hindu family in Karnal, Haryana. She was the Indian-origin woman and second Indian to fly in space. She died along with her six other crew members in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster in 2003.