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DAYS AND EVENTS - October 2019

Oct 2019

Jan 04, 2020

World Braille Day

World Braille Day is celebrated every year on January 4th because it's Louis Braille's birthday. He's the inventor of Braille. Louis was born in 1809 in France and became blind after a childhood accident. But, he quickly mastered his new way of living. When Louise was only 15 years old, he created a reading and writing system based on Charles Barbier's night writing system. We know Louise's system today as braille.
Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols.
The date for the event was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly via a proclamation in November 2018. The first World Braille Day was celebrated on January 4, 2019.

Jan 01, 2020

Global Family Day

Global Family Day is celebrated every year on January 1. This holiday is recognised by many people, who want to spend one day with their family. Unlike many other observances and holidays, Global Family Day appeared spontaneously, that's why it's very hard to find the person or organisation responsible for its establishment. However, this holiday gains more and more popularity and many people celebrate it. The history of Global Family Day begins with the UN General Assembly proclamation of the first year of the millennium to begin International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. This event ushered celebration of One Day in Peace and, subsequently, Global Family Day, which is also known as One Day of Peace and Sharing. Although Global Family Day is celebrated only in the USA, all families around the world are also encouraged to participate. Regardless of country, religion, race or political affiliation, all families should gather together on the first day of the year to spend this time in peace and share love with each other.

Jaitley's Birth Anniversary as State Function

The Nitish Kumar government decided to celebrate former Union Finance Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley's birth anniversary on December 28 as a state function every year.
Kumar had on December 28 last unveiled Jaitley's life-size statue in Kankarbagh area of the state capital on occasion of his birth anniversary.

Dec 31, 2019

New Year's Eve

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks.
Tonga and Kiritimati (Christmas Island), part of Kiribati, are examples of the first places to welcome the New Year while Baker Island in the United States of America is among the last.

Dec 29, 2019

Congress Foundation Day

Congress president Sonia Gandhi hoisted the tricolour at the party headquarters to kick-start its 134th foundation day celebrations.
Senior Congress leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Motilal Vora, AK Antony, and Rahul Gandhi sang 'Vande Matram' on the occasion. The party held marches throughout the country to spread the message of 'Save Constitution-Save India' and its leaders read the Preamble of the Constitution in their respective languages at public meetings organised for this purpose during the day.

Dec 25, 2019

Good Governance Day (India)

Good Governance Day (GGD) is observed annually on December 25 to create awareness of accountability in government among the Indians. The day marks the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. National Good governance day was established in 2014 to honor Atal Bihari Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the people of accountability in government.
On December 23, 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were announced as recipients of India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. Following the announcement, the Modi government announced that the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister would be henceforth commemorated annually in India as Good Governance Day.

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