ORIGIN OF JAI HIND
JAI Hind.....
*A must read for all Indians* The slogan "Jai Hind" coined by Abid Hasan Safrani is as truth as the country Hindustan is on the earth.
Abid Hasan Safrani was the son of the soil of Hyderabad. His real name was Zainul Abedin Hasan. He preferred to be called Abid Hasan. His parents expired during the British Raj. They sent him to Germany instead of England for higher studies in Engineering stream.
During the then time, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose visited Germany and addressed Indian prisoners of war and asked them to join Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauz).Abid Hasan met him and got inspired by the charisma of Netaji. He told him that he would join him after finishing his studies. Netaji said tautingly that if he was caught in such small consideration, he would not be able to achieve anything big in life. This remark staunted him. He instantly decided to give up his studies and complied to the call of Netaji.
He became his secretary and interpreter. He was upgraded to Major in INA. Integration of the soldiers was a burning issue to Netaji. He saw that each community greeted each other with their own salutation. The Hindu soldiers said, Namaste, Ram Ram, the Muslims said Assalamo-laikum and the Sikhs said Sat Sri Akaal. Netaji decided to replace these religion based greetings with a common salutation. This task was entrusted to his aide Abid Hasan. Once he overheard that two Rajputs greeted each other Jai Ramji ki. That thing triggered off in his mind the Idea of "Jai Hindustan Ki".
This in turn, led to the shorter form "Jai Hind"(Hail India). Netaji was delighted with Hasan's idea. Finally he liked and adopted it as the formal manner of greeting for members of INA. Subsequently it became the national patriotic salutation in independent India. On the midnight of independence day, Nehruji used it in his speech addressed to the nation. The renowned researcher and writer Leonard Gordon in his book "Brothers against the Raj" has specifically mentioned that Jai Hind has been coined by Abid Hasan Safrani. In order to uplift the communal harmony, he adopted his title 'Safrani ' after the holy Hindu colour.
Some interesting facts may also be added here that when Netaji made his historic escape from Germany to Japan by submarine in 1943, he took Hasan along with him. It was the largest submarine voyage in history till then. On this voyage, Shyam Benegal portrayed the "The forgotten Hero", Rajit Kapoor played the role of Hasan. In August 1945, Hasan was one of the key aides whom Netaji picked to accompany him on his final flight along with SA Ayer, Colonel Habibur Rahman, Colonel Gulzar Singh and Debnath Das. The plan was to fly together from Singapore to Tokyo via Bangkok, Suigan, Taipei and Manchuri. But at Sigon Netaji suddenly asked Hasan to remain behind to finish some work and meet up with him in Tokyo. Netaji took off in Japanese Mistubishi Ki 21 bomber accompanied only by Rahman. The story of onwards doesn't require to elaborate here. At the end of world war II,Hasan was imprisioned by the British. After trials he was repatriated to India in 1946. He joined INC.
During the then time, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose visited Germany and addressed Indian prisoners of war and asked them to join Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauz).Abid Hasan met him and got inspired by the charisma of Netaji. He told him that he would join him after finishing his studies. Netaji said tautingly that if he was caught in such small consideration, he would not be able to achieve anything big in life. This remark staunted him. He instantly decided to give up his studies and complied to the call of Netaji.
He became his secretary and interpreter. He was upgraded to Major in INA. Integration of the soldiers was a burning issue to Netaji. He saw that each community greeted each other with their own salutation. The Hindu soldiers said, Namaste, Ram Ram, the Muslims said Assalamo-laikum and the Sikhs said Sat Sri Akaal. Netaji decided to replace these religion based greetings with a common salutation. This task was entrusted to his aide Abid Hasan. Once he overheard that two Rajputs greeted each other Jai Ramji ki. That thing triggered off in his mind the Idea of "Jai Hindustan Ki".
This in turn, led to the shorter form "Jai Hind"(Hail India). Netaji was delighted with Hasan's idea. Finally he liked and adopted it as the formal manner of greeting for members of INA. Subsequently it became the national patriotic salutation in independent India. On the midnight of independence day, Nehruji used it in his speech addressed to the nation. The renowned researcher and writer Leonard Gordon in his book "Brothers against the Raj" has specifically mentioned that Jai Hind has been coined by Abid Hasan Safrani. In order to uplift the communal harmony, he adopted his title 'Safrani ' after the holy Hindu colour.
Some interesting facts may also be added here that when Netaji made his historic escape from Germany to Japan by submarine in 1943, he took Hasan along with him. It was the largest submarine voyage in history till then. On this voyage, Shyam Benegal portrayed the "The forgotten Hero", Rajit Kapoor played the role of Hasan. In August 1945, Hasan was one of the key aides whom Netaji picked to accompany him on his final flight along with SA Ayer, Colonel Habibur Rahman, Colonel Gulzar Singh and Debnath Das. The plan was to fly together from Singapore to Tokyo via Bangkok, Suigan, Taipei and Manchuri. But at Sigon Netaji suddenly asked Hasan to remain behind to finish some work and meet up with him in Tokyo. Netaji took off in Japanese Mistubishi Ki 21 bomber accompanied only by Rahman. The story of onwards doesn't require to elaborate here. At the end of world war II,Hasan was imprisioned by the British. After trials he was repatriated to India in 1946. He joined INC.
After independence, he joined the newly formed Indian Foreign Service. He was not honoured for what he deserved in independent India The only reason was to be close aide of Netaji. However, he served as an ambassador to a number of foreign countries. Netaji 's nephew Aurobindo Bose had married Safrani's niece Suriya Hasan. Abid Hasan 's father Badrul Hasan was one of the great freedom fighters. He worked with Gandhiji. Abid Hasan Safrani died on 05.04.1980. He is our forgotten hero. Now, our country is passing through such indescribable phase, the list will include such forgotten heros in unimaginable numbers.
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