Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad?
Answer: It was Maulana Hasrat Mohani who gave the famous slogan Inquilab Zindabad in 1921. Here given are some historical details about Maulana Hasrat Mohani and the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’:
- The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ is a Hindustani phrase that is translated as “Long live the revolution”.
- The slogan was coined by Maulana Hasrat Mohani who was an Islamic scholar, a prominent leader in the Indian National Congress, and an Indian freedom fighter.
- The slogan was coined by Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921.
- Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan, known by Maulana Hasrat Mohani together with Swami Kumaranand is recorded as the first individual to demand complete independence for India at the Ahmedabad session of congress which was organized in 1921.
- This slogan emerged as one of the famous slogans during the freedom struggle in India.
- The slogan was further popularized by Bhagat Singh and Aditya Yadav during the late 1920s.
- It was used as the official slogan for the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, the All India Azad Muslim conference, and also Communist Consolidation.
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his associate B.K. Dutt raised this slogan in April 1929. It is after bombing the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi that they shouted ‘inquilab zindabad’.
- Later, this slogan was raised in June 1929 for the first time in the open court as a part of their joint statement at Delhi’s High Court.
- It is from then that this particular slogan emerged as one of the rallying cries of the Indian Independence Movement.
- In Indian political novels depicting the independence movements, oftentimes the characters characterize the pro-independence sentiment by shouting this slogan.