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Shastri ended humiliation India suffered since Independence, says T.N. Governor

“For the first time after nearly 17 years of independence, we gave dignity to our defence forces,” he said.“The country faced enormous humiliation in 1962 [Sino-Indian War]. Our policy of non-alignment and peace brought us national humiliation. The whole country was demoralised,” he said.Referring to Shastri’s famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’, he said ‘Jai Jawan’ was not just a slogan, but marked a paradigm shift in the way the nation looked at its defence forces