Jai Hind
Salutation used to express patriotism in India
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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 هند 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.
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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, 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 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.
Since 2019, Air India requires cabin crew to end every announcement with Jai Hind.
In popular culture
A follower of Subhas Chandra Bose, Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare, of Gwalher (Gwalior) Madhya Bharat, wrote the patriotic drama Jai Hind in March 1947, and published a book in Hindi with the same title. Later, Karkare became Congress president of Central India Province.
The Jai Hind postmark was the first commemorative postmark of Independent India. The first stamps of an independent India were issued on November 21, 1947, with Jai Hind inscribed on them, in 1.5 anna, 3.5 anna and 12 anna denominations. Along with Jai Hind, these bore images of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, the national flag, and an aircraft respectively. "जय हिन्द" is also stated on the first, Independence series of Indian stamps.
The phrase is used on All India Radio at the end of a broadcast. It occurs in the patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" sung by Lata Mangeshkar in 1963. The phrase also appeared in early slogans of state-owned Air India, with a 1965 Lok Sabha debate mentioning it as part of the tagline "One Nation, One Leader, One India, Jai Hind".
Mahatma Gandhi sent a piece of crocheted, cotton lace made from yarn he spun by himself, with the central motif of Jai Hind, to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, as a gift on the occasion of their wedding in 1947.
In the Hindi-language film Pathaan (2023), Shah Rukh Khan uses the phrase Jai Hind at the end of his fight with the villain played by John Abraham.
Other uses
The phrase has also given its name to
- Media
- Movies
- Jaihind (1994 film)), a Tamil language movie with Arjun Sarja as hero
- Jai Hind (2019 film), a Hindi language movie, made by actor-director Manoj Kumar
- Jai Hind (2012 film), Kannada language war movie
- Jaihind 2 (2014 film), a Hindi language movie (Arjunin Jaihind 2 in Tamil) produced and directed by Arjun Sarja
- Jai Hind (2019 film), Bhojpuri language movie
- Movies
- TV
- Jay Hind!, a comedy show
- JaiHind TV
- TV
- Newspaper
- Jai Hind, a Gujarati language newspaper
- Newspaper