Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
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Jai Jawan Jai Kisan was a slogan given to India
by the Prime Minister of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
in 1965. It means hail the soldier and hail the farmer.
Soon after Shastri took over the prime ministership of India after Nehru's death India was attacked by Pakistan
. At the same time there was scarcity of foodgrains in country. Shastri gave the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan to enthuase the soldiers to defend India and simultaneously cheering farmers to do their best to increase the production of foodgrains to reduce dependence on import .It became a very popular slogan .
After Pokaran tests in 1998 Atal Behari Vajpayee added Jai Vighyan (Hail knowledge) to the slogan to underline the importance of knowledge in India' progress.
During acceptance speech of Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal at Teenmurti Bhavan on 15th December 2009 after receiving 10th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award from President of India, the Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi Dr Kailash Chandra Mishra
restated the slogan as
Jai Jawan
Jai Kissan
Jai Vighyan
Jai Vidwan
Jai Vidwan means "hail the learned" to signify knowledge working as the driver of India's current break away growth.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
by the Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...
in 1965. It means hail the soldier and hail the farmer.
Soon after Shastri took over the prime ministership of India after Nehru's death India was attacked by Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. At the same time there was scarcity of foodgrains in country. Shastri gave the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan to enthuase the soldiers to defend India and simultaneously cheering farmers to do their best to increase the production of foodgrains to reduce dependence on import .It became a very popular slogan .
After Pokaran tests in 1998 Atal Behari Vajpayee added Jai Vighyan (Hail knowledge) to the slogan to underline the importance of knowledge in India' progress.
During acceptance speech of Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal at Teenmurti Bhavan on 15th December 2009 after receiving 10th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award from President of India, the Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi Dr Kailash Chandra Mishra
Kailash Chandra Mishra
Dr Kailash Chandra Mishra is known as a management teacher, orator, researcher and writer. He relocated from the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi to take over as the first Vice Chancellor of Sri Sri University in Orissa founded by Sri Sri Ravishankar with patronage from...
restated the slogan as
Jai Jawan
Jai Kissan
Jai Vighyan
Jai Vidwan
Jai Vidwan means "hail the learned" to signify knowledge working as the driver of India's current break away growth.