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Battle of Adwa

The Prime Minister of India recently laid a wreath at the Adwa Victory Monument in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This gesture paid tribute to Ethiopia’s historic victory in the 1896 Battle of Adwa, a landmark event symbolising resistance against colonialism and the defence of national sovereignty. About the Battle of Adwa The Battle of Adwa was fought on 1 March 1896 near Adwa in present-day Ethiopia. It was the decisive and concluding battle of the First Italo–Ethiopian War (1895–1896). Background of the Conflict The war arose from Italy’s imperial ambitions in Africa, as part of the wider “Scramble for Africa” by…

23 January, 2026 Miscellaneous

International Braille Day

World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4th to commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille. The day recognizes the importance of braille as a means of communication and the role it plays in the lives of blind and visually impaired people. Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using 6 dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols.

17 January, 2024 Miscellaneous

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