Jai Hind (Hindi: जय हिन्द, is a salutation and slogan that means "Hail India", "Long live India", or literally "Victory [for] India" as originally coined by Abid Hasan Safrani. Used during India's independence movement from British rule, it emerged as a battle cry and in political speeches. The phrase reached a new level of popularity when under Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose it was adopted as an official slogan of the Indian National Army.
Etymology
The word "jai" (जय jaya in Sanskrit) means "triumph, victory, cheers, bravo, rejoice". The word jaya appears in Vedic literature such as in Atharvaveda 8.50.8 and in post-Vedic literature such as the Mahabharata. "Hind" (from Persian hind) was the common endonym for what is today the entire Indian subcontinent prior to independence. Indians were called "Hindī" as in Iqbal's iconic Indian patriotic song Saare Jahaan Se Accha.
History
Chempakaraman Pillai coined the term "Jai Hind", which was adopted as a slogan of the Indian National Army in the 1940s at the suggestion of Abid Hasan. After India's independence, it emerged as a national slogan
In 1907, Abid Hasan Safrani coined the term "Jai Hind", which was adopted as a slogan of the Indian National Army in the 1940s at the suggestion of Subhas Chandra Bose and Abid Hasan. After India's independence, it emerged as a national slogan.
According to Sumantra Bose the phrase is devoid of any religious tones. The term became popular as a slogan and greeting of the Indian National Army organised by Subhas Chandra Bose and his colleagues, particularly between 1943 and 1945. After India's independence, it emerged as a national slogan, and has been a common form of greeting the Indian people by political leaders and prime ministers such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and others. Indira Gandhi in particular often ended her political speeches with a triple shout of "Jai Hind". Since the mid-1990s, it came to be used as a greeting among Indian Army personnel.
In 2019, Air India requires cabin crew to end every announcement with Jai Hind.
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The book "Jai Hind" by Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare. -
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