Jai Jawan Jai Kissan Jai Vighyan Jai Vidwan

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.