Jai Jawan Jai Kisan


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Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan' was a slogan of the second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965 at a public gathering at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi.
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 food grains in the country. Shastri gave the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'' to enthuse the soldiers to defend India and simultaneously cheering farmers to do their best to increase the production of food grains to reduce dependence on import. It became a very popular slogan.

In popular culture

After the Pokhran tests in 1998, Atal Bihari Vajpayee added Jai Vigyan to the slogan to underline the importance of knowledge in India's progress.
During the acceptance speech of Sunil Bharti Mittal delivered at Teen Murti Bhavan on 15 December 2009 after receiving the 10th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award from the President of India, the Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, Dr Kailash Chandra Mishra, restated the slogan as
Jai Jawan!
Jai Kissan!
Jai Vigyan!
Jai Vidwan!
Jai Vidwan means "hail the learned" to signify knowledge working as the driver of India's current significant economic growth.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting commemorated Shastri on his 48th martyr's day:
In 2015, a film based on Shastri's life was released which was named after this slogan.