Jai-Hind was named after the Indian patriotic battle cry "Jai Hind" (Hindi: जय हिन्द) by the local villagers of Hindustani descent.

[3] The team players are all farmhands who spend their days getting up early, milking the cows, working on the fields and coming home to rice, beans and mud fish.

Spending most of their days working the land the players of Jai-Hind practice three times a week, playing organized matches on the weekends.

The players of Jai-Hind are known for their physical strength which is a direct result of farming in an environment where most tasks are still performed by hand, such as digging, plowing, shoveling, weeding and watering the plants.

Never in the history of football in Suriname had a Hindustani club come this close to qualifying for the top flight.