Question: World Braille Day is celebrated every year on which date?
(a) 1st January
(b) 4th January
(c) 12th January
(d) None of the above
Ans: b
Related Facts
- World Braille Day is celebrated globally on 4th January every year.
- United Nations General Assembly approved the celebration of the day via a proclamation in November 2018.
- The day also marks the birthday of Louis Braille, creator of this writing system.
- Purpose of celebrating the day is to celebrate awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and visually impaired people.
What is Braille?
- Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols.
- Braille (named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font.
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