- Noted Gujrati author Kundanika Kapadia, who was best known for her novel SaatPaglaAakashma died at her residence in Nandigram ashram in Valsad district. She was 93.
- Her first collection of short stories, entitled Premna Anshu was published in 1954. Later on she authored four other collections of short stories—Vadhu ne Vadhu Sundar (1968), Kagalni Hodi (1978), Java Daishu Tamne (1983) and Manushya Thavu (1990).
- She broke new grounds by introducing in Gujarati literature self-assertion of women as subject matter through her novel Saat Pagla Aakashma (literally meaning seven steps in the sky).