Jai Hind

This article is about the nationalist greeting used in India.

For American rapper, see J.Hind.

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For Indian newspaper of the same name, see Jai Hind (newspaper).

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Indian commemorative post-mark of "Jai Hind"

Jai Hind is a salutation, slogan, and battle cry most commonly used in India in speeches and communications pertaining to or referring to patriotism towards India (also known as Hind). It translates roughly to "Victory to India"[1] or "Long live India".[2] It is said that Father of the slogan Jai Hind is Chembakaraman Pillai. The term was coined by Major Abid Hasan Safrani of the Indian National Army as a shortened version of Jai Hindustan Ki (translation: Victory to India).[3][4]

The Jai Hind postmark was the first commemorative postmark of Independent India, and was issued on the day of independence, 15 August 1947.

In popular culture

An old building in Katni built in commemoration of India's freedom, with statues of Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose, with "Jai Hind" written in Roman letters and Devanagari script.
Freedom Fighter & Author of JAI HIND

A follower of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose, Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare, of Gwalher (Gwalior) Madhya Bharat, wrote a patriotic drama Jai Hind in MARCH 1947 and published a book in Hindi, with the same title as "Jai Hind". Later, Ramchandra Karkare became Congress president of Central India Province. (Freedom Fighter Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare was also a strong follower of Chandrashekhar Azad and was an active member of his team in 1925)

Original Book "JAI HIND" authored by Freedom Fighter Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare of Gwalior

The phrase is what the radio announcer says on All India Radio at the end of the broadcast. The term occurs in the patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" sung by Lata Mangeshkar in 1963.[5] Jai Hind (1999) is also a Hindi film, made by actor-director Manoj Kumar.[6] The comedy show Jay Hind! (2009) is also named after it, and numerous institutions like Jai Hind College, Mumbai, as well as media entities like Jai Hind Gujarati newspaper and JaiHind TV.

Mahatma Gandhi sent a piece of crocheted, cotton lace made from yarn personally spun by himself, with the central motif reads Jai Hind to British Royal couple Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip as a wedding gift in 1947.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chopra, Pram Nath (2003). A comprehensive history of modern India. Sterling Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 81-207-2506-9. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. ↑ James, Lawrence (1997). The Rise and Fall of the British Empire. Macmillan. p. 548. ISBN 978-0-312-16985-5. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Leonard A. Gordon (1990). Brothers Against the Raj. Columbia University Press.
  4. ↑ "A tale of two cities". The Hindu. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Chaturvedi, Mamta (2004). Filmi & non-filmi songs. Diamond Pocket Books. p. 38. ISBN 81-288-0299-2.
  6. ↑ Jai Hind at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2015.


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