Braille Day 2026: Here are 5 lesser-known facts
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Braille Day 2026
Every year, Braille Day is observed on January 4 to honour and celebrate the birthday of Louis Braille, who created the writing system for blind people to learn
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Who is Louis Braille?
Louis Braille, who was born on January 4 in 1809, was a French educator and inventor of the reading and writing system Braille
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What is the Braille system?
It is a tactile reading and writing system for visually impaired and blind people to communicate and understand the world around them within a six-dot cell
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Origins of the day
The day was officially established by the UN General Assembly in 2018 and was observed and celebrated to raise awareness for the first time in 2019
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Use of Braille in India
While India has approximately 15 million blind people, the use of Braille is extremely low and is about 1 per cent due to many challenges
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