<P> Jai Jawan Jai Kisan ("English: Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer") was a slogan of the second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965 at a public gathering at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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