Jai Bhim

[1][2] In 1935, Jai Bhim was conceived and developed by Babu L. N. Hardas (1904–1939),[3][4] a staunch follower of Ambedkar, and the secretary of Samata Sainik Dal.

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.

[11][12] In 1938, a meeting was held at Makranpur in Kannad taluka of Aurangabad district by Bhausaheb More, an activist of the Ambedkarite movement.

[13] Former Judge and scholar of the Dalit movement Suresh Ghorpade said, "The salutation 'Jai Bhim' started during Dr. Ambedkar's lifetime.

[16][17] 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.