{"id":7190,"date":"2020-01-04T07:42:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2020-01-04T07:42:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T07:42:49","slug":"world-braille-day-is-celebrated-on-4th-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-braille-day-is-celebrated-on-4th-january\/","title":{"rendered":"World Braille Day is celebrated on 4th January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world Braille Day is celebrated on every 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nof January. The day is marked remembering the birth anniversary of Louis\nBraille, the inventor of Braille &#8211; for people with visual disabilities. Louis\nBraille was born on 4th January 1809 in the town of Coupvray in northern\nFrance. &nbsp;At the age of just 3, he lost\nboth his eyes in an accident. This resulted in the invention of the language of\n6 dots- which is popularly known as braille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current\nAffairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to 17 years long tradition of RNU &#8211; Ahmedabad, the\nsecond half of five minutes of 10 minutes evening news bulletin is being\nprepared in Braille Script with a special typewriter. After some rehearsals,\nthe visually impaired person is reading it live along with a regular news\nreader. The aim of this initiative is to spread awareness among society about\nthe plight and cause of people with visual disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world Braille Day is celebrated on every 4th of January. The day is marked remembering the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille &#8211; for people with visual disabilities. 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