Jai Hind to be now official salutation of Indian Army

[vsdoc]

Jai Hind!

 

[fatman17]

Jai Hind!

better late than never eh!

 

[vsdoc]

better late than never eh!

Needn't ever have come to that sir.

I lost a batch-mate up there.

There is no gloating that happens.

Just renewed resolve.

 

[Spring Onion]

Firstly , ' Jai hind' is an existing form of salutation between officers and JCO/ Soldiers in units which are not based on religion - ASC, Ordnance , EME etc and fighting arms who are of mixed class composition.

Next, in class based regiments the form of salutation ( and battle cry) is that of the Religion of the soldiers - this is applicable to all ranks.

Only among officers the form of salutation is Good morning etc. This is proposed to be changed to Jai Hind as the AF & Navy does.

Hope this helps.

i was talking about Ram ram and sat sri akal not jai hind.

again my question is why jain hind should not be for all caders?

 

[Break the Silence]

India should also renamed itself as " BHARAT" officially.

 

[third eye]

i was talking about Ram ram and sat sri akal not jai hind.

again my question is why jain hind should not be for all caders?

Its a regimental decision based on unit traditions and religious composition.

To repeat my point , why fix something thats not broke ?

 

[Awesome]

Why use an ARABIC name for India rather than Bharat or India, the two official terms.

 

[MandarK]

India should also renamed itself as " BHARAT" officially.

Bharat is also the official name. The Constitution mention India i.e. Bharat.

 

[third eye]

Why use an ARABIC name for India rather than Bharat or India, the two official terms.

In India it doesnt matter.

Half the words spoken in our daily lives ( & songs for movie buffs) are borrowed from Urdu.

As mentioned in a post above , the slogan Jai Hind was coined by Subash Chandra Bose . There also was Jai Hind Fauj.

Hence the connection.

 

[Spring Onion]

Bharat is also the official name. The Constitution mention India i.e. Bharat.

thats why indians mind it when someone uses the word on forum

 

[jackyy]

thats why indians mind it when someone uses the word on forum

i have yet to see a person who minds bharat

 

[vsdoc]

i have yet to see a person who minds bharat

She's just yanking our chain man.

Look at her number of posts.

You think she doesn't have a clue what irritates us by now?

 

[KRAIT]

Hindusthan or Hindustan is mentioned in our vedas.

An alternate and infrequently cited theory on the origin of the word Hindustan puts it further the back in time. This may be based on the Sanskrit shloka from the Barhaspatya Samhita of the Rigveda (ca. 1700-1100 BC):
Himalyam Samarabhya
Yavadindusarovaram
Tam Deonirmitam Desham
Hindusthanam Prachakshate

Translation: "The country which starts from Himalayas and the borders of which reach till the Indian Ocean (Indu Sarovaram), has been created by devas and its name is Hindusthan.

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

thats why indians mind it when someone uses the word on forum

I think Pakistani's prefer to use Punjabi version of 'Bharat' ie. Pronounced as Parat/Parati instead of Bharat/Bharatya used by rest of India.

Technically Pakistani's are 100% correct, I don't know why my Indian friends feel offended.

See different versions of Bharat in major Indian languages - Names of the Republic of India in its official languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Srinivas]

Why use an ARABIC name for India rather than Bharat or India, the two official terms.

No we are not that type, Identity is not the thing to get from some one