World Braille day is celebrated to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a mean of communication in the full respect and realizations of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people. Official the world Braille Day is celebrated today on 4th January.
,br>
The Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and numbers. It can even be used to represent musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. The language is named after Louis Braille, a 19th century France inventor. This communication medium is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same book and periodicals read in the visual font. Using Braille opens a new form of communication and important information that are blind or partially sighted, ensuring competency, independence, and equality to them.
In the memory of this significant invention and its inventor, India Post and Government of India issued a stamp and two rupees coin in 2009. The special feature of this coin is that it consist Braille letters representing Louis Braille name.
Image Courtesy: Mintage World
Prayagraj was mint town of Suris. During the reign of Akbar, the ancient pilgrim centre of Prayagraj...
The AIRF, a major organization within the Indian Railways system, completed its centenary, working t...
Princely State Datia was founded in 1735 CE by Bhagwan Das, son of Narsingh Dev of the Orchha Royal ...
Princely State Dholpur, was located in the easternmost state of Rajputana Province during the Britis...
Chhatarpur princely state was founded in 1785 and ruled by the descendants of Bundela Rajput leader ...
Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our endeavour.
For a past few days we have been recieving queries whether we buy/sell coins, stamps and currency.
We would like to inform you that, as of date, we have not provided such a platform. However please register on our website and do keep visiting our portal for further notifications on such a forum and other important and exciting news/updates.
Happy Collecting !
Email: info@mintageworld.com
Contact Us