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{{Short description|Political slogan used by followers of B. R. Ambedkar}}
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[[File:B.R. Ambedkar in 1950.jpg|thumb|This salutation honours [[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian academic turned politician.]]
[[File:B.R. Ambedkar in 1950.jpg|thumb|This salutation honours [[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian academic turned politician.]]
'''Jai Bhim''' (alternatively spelled '''Jay Bhim''' or '''Jai Bheem'''; {{Translation|"Victory for Bhim", "Long live Bhim" or "Hail Bhim"}}) is a slogan and greeting used by followers of [[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian scholar, social reformer, Nationalist  and the chief architect of the [[Constitution of India]]. It refers to Ambedkar's given name Babasaheb .<ref>{{Cite book |last=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=Dr Ambedkar and untouchability: analysing and fighting caste |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-85065-449-0 |pages=154–155}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत? |language=hi |work=BBC News हिंदी |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> In 1935, ''Jai Bhim'' conceived and developed by Babu [[L. N. Hardas]] (1904–1939),<ref>{{Cite news |title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली? |language=mr |work=BBC News मराठी |url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत? |language=hi |work=BBC News हिंदी |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> a staunch follower of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]], and the secretary of [[Samata Sainik Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |last2=Apr 18 |first2=Arunav Sinha / TNN / Updated |last3=2016 |last4=Ist |first4=14:55 |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts {{!}} Lucknow News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/chronologically-jai-bhim-is-older-than-jai-hind-experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=8 November 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली? |language=mr |work=BBC News मराठी |url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> However, its origin is obscure and may date as far back as 1818, well before Ambedkar's birth.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=18 April 2016 |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Chronologically-Jai-Bhim-is-older-than-Jai-Hind-Experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>
'''Jai Bhim''' (alternatively spelled '''Jay Bhim''' or '''Jai Bheem'''; {{Translation|"Victory for Bhim", "Long live Bhim" or "Hail Bhim"}}) is a slogan and greeting used by followers of [[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian scholar, social reformer and the chief architect of the [[Constitution of India]]. It refers to Ambedkar's given name Bhimrao .<ref>{{Cite book |first=Christophe |last=Jaffrelot |title=Dr Ambedkar and untouchability: analysing and fighting caste |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-85065-449-0 |pages=154–155}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत? |language=hi |work=BBC News हिंदी |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> In 1935, ''Jai Bhim'' conceived and developed by Babu [[L. N. Hardas]] (1904–1939),<ref>{{Cite news |title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली? |language=mr |work=BBC News मराठी |url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत? |language=hi |work=BBC News हिंदी |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> a staunch follower of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]], and the secretary of [[Samata Sainik Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=April 18, 2016 |first2=Arunav |last2=Sinha |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/chronologically-jai-bhim-is-older-than-jai-hind-experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=8 November 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली? |language=mr |work=BBC News मराठी |url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> However, its origin is obscure and may date as far back as 1818, well before Ambedkar's birth.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=18 April 2016 |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Chronologically-Jai-Bhim-is-older-than-Jai-Hind-Experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>


Jai Bhim is also called as a slogan by some political parties like the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP), [[Republican Party of India]] (RPI)and other organizations like Congress.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Mahendra |date=31 December 2016 |title=Eye on Dlits, PM Modi launches Bhim pay app |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/eye-on-dalits-pm-launches-bhim-pay-app/articleshow/56265741.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=G |first=Sampath |date=14 October 2016 |title=When Jai Bhim meets Lal Salaam |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/When-Jai-Bhim-meets-Lal-Salaam/article16070409.ece |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=18 April 2016 |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Chronologically-Jai-Bhim-is-older-than-Jai-Hind-Experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>
Jai Bhim is also called as a slogan by some political parties like the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP), [[Republican Party of India]] (RPI), and other organizations like Congress.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Mahendra |date=31 December 2016 |title=Eye on Dlits, PM Modi launches Bhim pay app |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/eye-on-dalits-pm-launches-bhim-pay-app/articleshow/56265741.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=G |first=Sampath |date=14 October 2016 |title=When Jai Bhim meets Lal Salaam |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/When-Jai-Bhim-meets-Lal-Salaam/article16070409.ece |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=18 April 2016 |title=Chronologically 'Jai Bhim' is older than 'Jai Hind': Experts |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Chronologically-Jai-Bhim-is-older-than-Jai-Hind-Experts/articleshow/51876821.cms |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The slogan 'Jai Bhim' was given by Babu Hardas in 1935. It is recorded that Babu Hardas L. N. (Laxman Nagarale) himself gave the slogan of 'Jai Bhim' in Ramchandra Kshirsagar's book ''Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders''.<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> In 1938, a meeting was held at Makranpur in Kannad taluka of Aurangabad district by Bhausaheb More, an activist of the Ambedkarite movement. In this meeting, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was also present. In that meeting, More told the people that from now on, we will only say 'Jai Bhim' while greeting each other.<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> Former [[Judge]] and of scholar the Dalit movement Suresh Ghorpade said, "The salutation 'Jai Bhim' started during Dr. Ambedkar's lifetime. Activists of the Ambedkarite movement used to call each other 'Jai Bhim' but some activists also directly salutated Dr. Ambedkar as 'Jai Bhim'."<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Babu hardas.jpg|thumb|[[Babu Hardas]]]]
The slogan 'Jai Bhim' was given by Babu Hardas in 1935. It is recorded that Babu Hardas L. N. (Laxman Nagarale) himself gave the slogan of 'Jai Bhim' in Ramchandra Kshirsagar's book ''Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders''.<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> In 1938, a meeting was held at Makranpur in Kannad taluka of Aurangabad district by Bhausaheb More, an activist of the Ambedkarite movement. In this meeting, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was also present. In that meeting, More told the people that from now on, we will only say 'Jai Bhim' while greeting each other.<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> Former [[Judge]] and scholar of the Dalit movement Suresh Ghorpade said, "The salutation 'Jai Bhim' started during Dr. Ambedkar's lifetime. Activists of the Ambedkarite movement used to call each other 'Jai Bhim' but some activists also directly salutated Dr. Ambedkar as 'Jai Bhim'."<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>


Dr. [[Narendra Jadhav]] says, "The slogan of Jai Bhim was given by Babu Hardas. It is an important triumph for all Dalits. 'Jai Bhim' has become a symbol of struggle, it has become a cultural identity as well as a political identity, it also shows the relationship with the Ambedkarite movement, this utterance has become a symbol of all kinds of identities. I think 'Jai Bhim' has become the overall identity of the revolution,"said [[Uttam Kamble]].<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
Dr. [[Narendra Jadhav]] says, "The slogan of Jai Bhim was given by Babu Hardas. It is an important triumph for all Dalits. 'Jai Bhim' has become a symbol of struggle, it has become a cultural identity as well as a political identity, it also shows the relationship with the Ambedkarite movement, this utterance has become a symbol of all kinds of identities. I think 'Jai Bhim' has become the overall identity of the revolution,"said [[Uttam Kamble]].<ref>{{Cite news|title='जय भीम' हा नारा कुणी दिला? 'जय भीम' म्हणण्याची पद्धत केव्हापासून सुरू झाली?|language=mr|work=BBC News मराठी|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-59279965|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=जय भीम का नारा सबसे पहले किसने दिया, कैसे हुई शुरुआत?|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-59297949|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>


In 1946, on the occasion of the birthday celebrations of Dr. Bhimrao  Ambedkar, for the time in the presence of Dr. Ambedkar, Jai Bhim was proclaimed by Dalit Poet Bihari Lal Harit (1913–1999) through a poem in Gandhi Ground, Opp. Old Delhi Railway Station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=जय भीम का नारा लगा करे, भारत की बस्ती-बस्ती में - बिहारी लाल हरित|url=http://dalitsahitya.in/main-page/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87,-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-/Mjc=|access-date=16 November 2021|website=dalitsahitya.in}}</ref>
In 1946, on the occasion of the birthday celebrations of Dr. Bhimrao  Ambedkar, for the time in the presence of Dr. Ambedkar, Jai Bhim was proclaimed by Dalit Poet Bihari Lal Harit (1913–1999) through a poem in Gandhi Ground, Opp. Old Delhi Railway Station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=जय भीम का नारा लगा करे, भारत की बस्ती-बस्ती में - बिहारी लाल हरित|url=http://dalitsahitya.in/main-page/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87,-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-/Mjc=|access-date=16 November 2021|website=dalitsahitya.in}}</ref>
== Popular culture ==
== Popular culture ==


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* ''[[Jai Bhim Comrade]]''
* ''[[Jai Bhim Comrade]]''
* ''[[Jai Bhim (film)|Jai Bhim]]'' (2021 film)
* ''[[Jai Bhim (film)|Jai Bhim]]'' (2021 film)
* ''[Https://www.jaybhimtalk.online '''Jaybhimtalk'''] (Website)''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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