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Jai Hind (Hindi: जय् हिन्द्, IPA: [dʒəj ɦɪnd]) is a salutation and slogan that means "Hail India", "Long live India", [1] or literally "Victory [for] India" as originally coined by Champakaraman Pillai. [2] [3] Used during India's independence movement from British rule, [4] [5] it emerged as a battle cry and in political ...
Chempakaraman Pillai is credited with the coining of the salutation and slogan "Jai Hind" [1] [5] in the pre-independence days of India. The slogan is still widely used in India. Pillai, who started the Indian National Voluntary Corps on 31 July 1914, was instrumental in inspiring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to start the Indian National Army ...
Abid Hasan Safrani, IFS, born Zain-al-Abdin Hasan, was an officer of the Indian National Army (INA) and later, after 1947, an Indian diplomat.He famously introduced the slogan 'Jai Hind', which translates to 'victory belongs to India' that is used for official and semi-official purposes including army salutes, moral upliftment and in pop culture.
It is a nationalistic slogan, [3] and has been used in nationalist protests such as radical peasant movements in post-colonial India. [4] Another variation of the slogan is Jai Hind. Such slogans are common while cheering the Indian team in cricket matches. [5] [6]
The Jai Hind postmark was the first commemorative postmark of Independent India, and was issued on the day of independence, 15 August 1947. The post mark was withdrawn on 31 December 1947 but reintroduced at Girdikot Post Office , Jodhpur in June 1948.
Muslims at that time often wrote the slogan on handkerchiefs or pillowcases. [9] [better source needed] The slogan was equally heard as Jai Hind during a visit by a British parliamentary delegation led by Robert Richards to Delhi, after the British government decided to leave India. [10]
Pages in category "Indian political slogans" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Jai Hind; Jai Jawan Jai Kisan; K. Khela Hobe; M. Ma ...
He was the first composer to make use of the slogan "Jai Hind" (Victory to India) in a song in films, during the end of the British Raj. The song was "Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Yeh Hind Ki Kahaniyan" from the film Mansarovar (1946). [3]