Guwahati, May 02: Jayanta Baruah, publisher of Hemkosh and chairman of Pratidin Media Network received the Guinness World Records certificate for the ‘LARGEST BILINGUAL BRAILLE DICTIONARY’ from Rishi Nath, official adjudicator for Guinness World Records TM.
An email communication on April 24, 2023 confirmed that Hemkosh’s Braillie Edition is the Guinness World Records holder of ‘LARGEST BILINGUAL BRAILLE DICTIONARY’ and its official certificate presentation ceremony was held at the Birinchi Kumar Baruah (BKB) Auditorium, Gauhati University on May 1.
Notably, May 1, is also the 127th death anniversary of ‘Bhaxar Oja’ Late Hemchandra Baruah.
The certificate was received in the presence of Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria and several other noted personalities including the VC of Gauhati University, Professor Pratap Jyoti Handique, Shri Pijus Hazarika, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Department, Dr. Bhartendu Pandey, Professor of the Department of Sanskrit, Delhi University, Shri Basanta Goswami, amongst other distinguished personalities, academicians, journalists, literateurs, and socio-cultural organizational leaders.
The public too joined in to witness this historic event.
On the dias, Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria, Gauhati University VC, Professor Pratap Jyoti Handique lauded the efforts of Jayanta Baruah, in flied of language. He also congratulated Hemkosh Prakashan, to take Assamese Language and his noble contribution to the world stage.
Jayanta Baruah expressed his gratitude towards the entire team of Hemkosh’s braille dictionary. He expressed his gratitude towards Pijus Hazarika, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment along with the Commissioner, Manager and staff of the government.
He further thanked the Braille Press for extending their invaluable support. He also thanked the entire support staff who tirelessly worked for the dictionary and for the tabulation for Guinness World Records, including visually impaired proofreaders.
It is worth mentioning that, world record holder, Hemkosh’s braille edition, is the ‘LARGEST BILINGUAL BRAILLE DICTIONARY’ with 90,640 words printed in than 21 volumes and 6 parts, across 10,279 pages weighing 80.800 Kgs. The braille edition is the adaption of Hemkosh’s 14th Edition’s regular dictionary.
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