World Braille Day is celebrated every year on 4 January.

World Braille Day is celebrated every year on 4 January.

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Category : Important Days Published on: January 05 2024

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  • World Braille Day is celebrated every year on 4 January.
  • This day is celebrated on the birthday of Louis Braille.
  • Louis Braille invented the Braille script on January 4.
  • Braille is not a language but a code.
  • It is used to write any language.
  • It is a symbol based code written in the shape of raised dots.
  • People use their touch to decipher Braille code and continue studying or communicating.
  • The United Nations General Assembly had announced to celebrate this day in the year 2018.
  • The theme of World Braille Day, 2024 is 'Reaching the Blind and Visually Impaired'.
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