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title: "The World Braille Day was observed across the world on?"  
description: "The World Braille Day was observed across the world on?"  
author: "Sahil Singh"  
published: 2018-03-10  
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# The World Braille Day was observed across the world on?

The World Braille Day was [observed across the world](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38274/world-population-day-2016-with-the-theme-investing-in-teenage-girls-was-observed-across-the-world-on) on?\
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## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**The [World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80700/why-world-hesitate-to-question-saudi-arabia) Braille Day is celebrated on January 4, of every year across the world.**

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World Braille Day was celebrated to honor the inventor of Braille Script. **The script was invented by Louis Braille, and January 4 is celebrated as World Braille Day**. January 4, is the birthday Louis Braille and he was born in [France](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40456/how-did-u-s-policy-toward-france-change-under-john-adams-s-administration) on January 4, 1809. The Braille Language is based on the raised dots of patterns over a sheet of paper. This helps a blind person to touch and read the words by feeling the touch with their fingers. **In Braille, each alphabet, number, or the [musical](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30388/which-indian-city-has-been-included-in-the-unesco-creative-cities-network-for-its-rich-musical-tradition) and mathematical symbols were represented with the combination of six dots.** World Braille Day has been introduced to raise awareness of the importance of braille, which is used as a [communication](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30806/what-is-communication-technology) medium by humans who are completely or partially blind. It will help about 1.3 billion people to get aware about Braille and use it as a communication medium. **It will help visually-impaired and partially-sighted people to realize their Human Rights and use it as a communication medium for promoting [fundamental](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39415/the-authority-competent-to-suspend-the-operation-of-fundamental-rights-guaranteed-under-the-constitution-of-india-is) freedom**. World Braille Day is not a Public Holiday, but the day has been celebrated by all. Whereas, the Non-Governmental [Organizations](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39539/vanguard-was-the-daily-publication-of-which-political-parties-organizations) from all over the world celebrate the day to create awareness about the challenges faced by a visually-impaired person, as well as, the health institutions, and the policymakers all over the world participate together to generate awareness. The [United Nation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30961/what-is-the-theme-of-the-united-nations-for-2017-world-cities-day-wcd) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities says, Braille is a way of communication, and consider it as essential for [education](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/247/no-fail-policy-failing-its-purpose), freedom of expression and opinion, access the available and required information. **Louis Braille invented this reading system when he was of only 15 years**, and created this reading and writing system after the influence from the work of Charles Barbier’s night writing system.


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