<P> Jai Hind (Hindi: जय हिन्द) is a salutation, slogan, and battle cry most commonly used in India to indicate patriotism towards India (also known as Hind). It translates roughly to "Victory to India" or "Long live India". The term was coined by Abid Hasan, and was used by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose of the Indian National Army as a shortened version of Jai Hindustan Ki . </P> <P> A follower of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose, Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare, of Gwalher (Gwalior) Madhya Bharat, wrote a patriotic drama Jai Hind in March 1947 and published a book in Hindi, with the same title . Later, Karkare became Congress president of Central India Province . </P>

Who gave the slogan jai hind to the nation