PRAVESH

Ranger Handbook Series 01

THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES

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PRAVESH
Ranger Handbook Series 01
© The Bharat Scouts and Guides,
All rights reserved

Compiled by : R. K. Kaushik, LT(R)

First Edition : April 2018

Published by : Director,
The Bharat Scouts and Guides
National Headquarters,
Lakshmi Mazumdar Bhawan,
16, M.G. Marg, I.P. Estate,
New Delhi:110002

Price : Rs.40/-

Printed by : Printco Supreme

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Area, Delhi-1100092

Resources : Scouting for Boys,

Ranger Leader Hand Book,
Pravesh Guide,
Pravesh Scout, APRO III,
Ranger Hand Book,
Life History of B.P.,
Milestone,
WOSM / WAGGGS website contents and
Ms. Suman Lata Arora, LT(Ra),
Ms. Shivangi Saxena, LT(Ra)
 FOREWORD

We are happy to place this first edition of Pravesh

Ranger Handbook in the hands of the readers. It
contains all the changes that have been approved by
the National Council in its meeting held on
30.11.2014. We fervently hope that this revised
edition will be of great help not only to the Rangers but
also to the Ranger Leaders in dealing with their
Ranger Teams.

All the trainers of Ranger Section deserve

appreciation for thoroughly revising the book and
taking pain to update the book. Suggestions for
further improvement of the book are always
welcome.

With greetings.

Dr. K.K. KHANDELWAL, IAS (RETD.)

CHIEF NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
 Table of contents
SI. No. Subject Page

01 Ranger 01

02 Ranger Team 02

03 Pravesh Requirements 03

04 Books 04

05 Interpretation of Promise and Law 10

06 Pravesh Guide Requirements 17

07 History of the Movement 18

08 Our Fundamentals 38

09 Holistic Knowledge of the Movement 41

10 Vision Statement of BSG 42

11 Mission of WAGGGS 43

12 Guide Promise, Law and Motto 44

13 Sign, Saute and Left Hand Shake 44

14 Daily Good Turn 47

15 Ranger Uniform 51
SI. No. Subject Page

16 Flags 53

17 Songs 62

18 Outing 66

19 Flag Procedure (Common) 67

20 V Formation 70

21 Flag Ceremony (Ranger Section) 70

22 Investiture of a Ranger 75

23 Lowering of Flag 79
 14 Programme Ideals
By the time a young girl completes the full course of
the Ranger Programme, she will be able to:
1. make Guiding a way of life.
2. become an active and participating citizen.
3. improve skills, vocational and otherwise to be self-
dependent and useful to others.
4. emerge as practical person who has respect for
herself and for others and their experiences.
5. realize that she has a responsibility in the
development of her community and undertake
Community Development Projects individually and
collectively.
6. lead a refined religious life in service of man and
God/ Dharma.
7. select in future, a right partner for a life of full
understanding and adjustment and lead a harmonious
life.
8. do all her best to protect public property.
9. prepare herself to do her duty to country and develop
love for Universal Sisterhood i.e. peace and goodwill
among human beings.
10. develop a positive attitude to undertake
considerable risk for others, making full use of her
Rangering skills and Values.
11. work for the upkeep of our National Heritage and
Culture with love for Human values.
12. promote and participate in the developmental
activities pertaining to National priorities like National
Integration, Population Education, Conservation,
Sanitation etc.
13. become a Strategic leader who loves to grow with
the group.
14. have fair understanding of the World Affairs in
general.
 A RANGER
1. Ranger:- A girl whether previously a Guide or
not and who is a citizen of India and who has completed
15 years of age may be enlisted as a Ranger Aspirant, a
person who has completed 25 years of age is not eligible
to be a Ranger but she can continue as a Service Ranger
up to the age of 35 years.

Wherever it is necessary, extension be allowed for

3 years with the special permission of the State Chief
Commissioner. She will be eligible for Rashtrapati
Ranger Award provided the special permission is
granted before completion of 25 years of age and the
same shall be reported to the National Headquarters.

Ranger :
(i)A girl whether previously a guide or not, who is a
citizen of India and who has completed 15 years and not
25 years of age may be enlisted as a Ranger Aspirant.
She shall then pass the Guide Pravesh test, if she is not
already a Guide. She shall then take the Guide Promise
and subscribe to the Guide Law and then she will be
enrolled as a Ranger. If she is already a Guide she shall
reaffirm the Guide Promise.

(ii)There are three stages in the career of a Ranger

namely;
(a) Ranger Aspirant
(b) Ranger and
(c) Ranger -in-Service.

(iii)A Ranger Aspirant can be invested as a Ranger only

after completion of fifteen years and three months of
age and should have worked for three months for
Pravesh Test.

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Ranger Aspirant :
A.She must have completed Fifteen years of age.
B.A Ranger Aspirant who had been a Guide or who on
admission as Ranger Aspirant passes Pravesh Badge
test as laid down for Guide shall wear uniform as a
Ranger.

Ranger Team
(a) A Ranger Team shall consist of not less than six
Rangers and not more than 24 Rangers.

(b) A Ranger Team shall be a unit of a Group of a

Bulbul Flock, a Guide Company and Ranger Team,
provided however, where there is no such group a
Ranger Team shall be treated as a Group.

(c) Every Ranger Team shall be registered in

accordance with the procedure prescribed.

(d) Every Ranger Team shall have a name. Where

Ranger Team is a unit of a Group, it shall bear the name
of the Group. The Group may be named after the locality
or the Institution or any great personality (Female) of
India. Every Group shall also have a serial number
assigned by Local or District Association, as the case
may be.

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 PRAVESH
REQUIREMENTS

5.Tests for Pravesh :

(i)Read Scouting for Boys, Girl Guiding in India and

books on Rangering prescribed by the sponsor.

(ii)Know the principles and programme of Rangering

and show preparedness to try to live the Law as
interpreted for Rangers and keep the Promise.

(iii)If a young girl who has never been a Guide and

wishes to join the Team afresh, she should qualify for
Pravesh requirements of Guide Section and work for at
least three months as a Ranger Aspirant before
investiture.

(iv)Have a knowledge of B.P. Six and Simple Drill.

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 BOOKS
“Scouting for Boys”

Baden Powell's 'Scouting for Boys' appeared

originally in six fortnightly parts from Jan' to
March 1908. The contents of these parts were
edited and slightly rearranged and published in
book form in May'1908.

The book immediately kindled the imagination of the

boys of the British isles and then set out on its conquest
of the world. It was translated, into numerous foreign
tongues and the boys in many countries took up the new
programme.

With the permission of the World Bureau of Boy scouts,

The Bharat Scouts and Guides had brought out first
edition in Oct'1972 and the second in 1976, and
thereafter whenever required both in English and Hindi.
Many states have also printed the book in their regional
language.

The main contents of book has Nine chapters and each

chapter has around three to four sub Chapters which is
termed as Camp Fire Yarns. Totally the book contains
26 Camp Fire Yarns, where in each camp fire yarn B. P.
has dealt with various subjects on scouting. The brief
details are hereunder:-

Chapter 1 - SCOUT CRAFT

Chapter 2 - CAMPAIGNING
Chapter 3 - CAMP LIFE
Chapter 4 - TRACKING
Chapter 5 - WOOD CRAFT
Chapter 6 - ENDURANCE FOR SCOUTS

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Chapter 7 - CHIVALRY OF THE KNIGHTS
Chapter 8 - SAVING LIFE
Chapter 9 - OUR DUTIES AS CITIZENS
The best way to appreciate the Scouting for Boys is to
add the book in the Team /Team Library and provide
individual and group assignments of your members so
that the contents are assimilated in the members of the
Team .
Note – You are requested to go through the campfire
yarns in Scouting for Boys and carry out the suggested
activities.

Suggested activities for Rangers

i.Prepare a Scrap book describing each Camp fire yarn
with Rangers own illustrations or note preferably in her
mother tongue.

ii.Conduct quiz (inter Team /team /Inter District) based

on Scouting for Boys.

iii.One act plays based on anecdotes from Scouting for

Boys

iv.Exhibitions, Public speaking, etc. in Schools and

places where you can attract new members.

v.Collect the stories in the book and share the same in

the Team.

vi.Collect the quotation/quotes of Lord B P in the book.

Girl Guiding In India

This book is a publication of BS&G, National
Headquarters in which History of Guiding, From where
our name came, Aims of the Organisation, and Girl
programme up to Rashtrapati Award has been described
very clearly. After reading the book, a Guide or Ranger
can understand about Guiding in India.

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 Books on Rangering

There are several books published on Rangering but

only two basic books are available in India, these are :-

RANGER HAND BOOK– It's a National

Headquarter publication. Being a Ranger, you have to
read the book, note down its main contents and
understand about Guiding and Rangering.

RANGER LEADER HAND BOOK – It's a

National Headquarter publication. The book guided the
Ranger Leader for the running of Unit smoothly.

Know the principles and programme of Rangering

and show preparedness to try to live the Law as
interpreted for Rangers and keep the Promise.

You not only read these books but study them. Girl
Guiding in India will help you to learn Guide crafts skills
and techniques. Your future Guiding will depend mostly
on your knowledge of Guide Craft. For this purpose
study of Scouting for Boys written by Founder of the
Movement Lord Baden Powell will be more interesting.
These are his basic writings. It will help you to
understand the Scout spirit behind the game of Scouting
and make a sincere effort to put this spirit into action in
your daily life.

Ranger Handbook will give you an overall picture of

Ranger Section-its purpose, its progressive
programme, method of work, principles of training,
guidelines for your preparations for different tests for
badges. But study of this book alone is not sufficient.

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You have to make more efforts on your own for self
study and get yourself prepared to give the tests to the
satisfaction of the examiners.

'Rovering to success' written by Lord Baden Powell

will give you broad vision which he was expecting from
Rovers. Rover and Ranger programmes are paralleled to
each other.

You can also study books like Trefoil round the World
Book on World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
both publications are by WAGGGS. There are number of
books on Outings, Camping, Pioneering, First Aid,
Nature Study etc. In whatever subject you are
interested there are interesting books. Your Team
library or Local/District Association Library will help
you in this respect. All the time you should develop your
training in Guide skills.

Study of books provide definite knowledge, techniques

and skills; with your practice and experience you should
master them and can invent new skills and techniques
also.

Programme ideals of the Ranger Section of the Bharat

Scouts and Guides are given in the earlier pages.

The aim of the Guide Movement is to develop girls to be

happy, healthy, helpful citizens by developing their
Character, Health, Handicraft and skills and the spirit of
Service. This is accomplished by:

1.Training young women in habits of observation,

obedience, self reliance, self discipline through self
education.

2.Inculcating loyality and thoughtfulness for others by

instructions and by giving service to others;

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3.Training them to get themselves prepared for public
service and crafts useful for themselves;

4.Developing mental, physical powers of the individuals

through whole some social activities and contacts.

5.Helping the individuals to develop spiritual and social

values.

This is achieved through various interesting activities

provided in the programme. Programme is mostly out of
doors and service oriented. The programme provides
you opportunities for self development through help of
adult leaders and through the company of members of
your own age group in the Team. The movement
provides a progressive programme of activities and
achievements and helps to develop the type of character
needed in the youth of our country.

Happy, healthy, helpful citizen is the final aim of the

Movement. Motto of Bunny(3-5 Years of age) is “Keep
Smiling”, Bulbul Section - age group 5-10 years is 'Do
your best'; in the Guide Section-age group of 10 to 18
years motto is "Be prepared " and Guides are trained in
various skills and crafts. Motto of Ranger Section - age
group 15 to 25 years is "Service". Rangers have to
prepare themselves to occupy proper place in the
Community thus enabling them to take our country a
step forward in its development. Thus motto of the
movement is do your best to be prepared for service. It
is fully achieved if a young adult gets continuous
training of three Sections viz. Bulbul, Guide and Ranger.

Thus aim of guide Training is to develop.

Character and intelligence;
Handicrafts and skills;
Health and Strength and
Service for others and citizenship.

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With this aim suitable programme for three different age
groups is provided in the movement. The Movement
provides world sisterhood. It is functioning in 145
countries at present.
The Movement is thus educative and is going to make a
real step in ensuring the future peace of the world
through mutual goodwill. Guiding provides
opportunities of doing useful service to others on a
recognised footing. Rangering is an individual training
experience for young women, carried out in a
democratic setting with Guiding ideals governing the
conduct of individuals and group as a whole, so that they
may give individually or collectively practical expression
of these ideals in their adult life.

Each Ranger progresses according to her own speed.

There is a healthy competition which help each one to
try her utmost efforts to achieve the best.

Be able to interpret the Promise and Law as per

Ranger point of view.

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 PROMISE AND LAW
AS INTTERPIRATED FOR RANGERS
The Law and Promise for the Guides and Rangers are the
same, however you being grown up and responsible
people who can understand the pros and cons of their
action as an individual should be aware of their
responsibilities to the family, friends, community and
the National at large. The Law should be interpreted to
the extent of their duties towards themselves and their
communities at large.

Your Promise

On my honour I promise that I will to do my best

to do my duty to God and my country
to help other people and
to obey the Scout/Guide Law

My special responsibility as Ranger is to render Service

by taking this Promise out
into the wider world.

Note: Word "Dharma" may

be substituted for word "God"
if so desired.

The Promise in action is the

core of Rangering. Rangering
will help you to keep a right
sense of value and unit
programme also helps to
keep the Promise to the right perspective. It is your
loving nature to show a real concern for others, an
awareness of their deeds makes the sum and substance
of the Promise.

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At the stake of your honour, you are taking this Promise.
Making this Promise is the outward sign of your intention
to do things contained in the Promise. This is a very
difficult Promise to keep. But it is the most serious one
and nobody is a member of this great movement unless
he/she does their best to keep the Promise. Please
remember Promise is a solemn undertaking, with great
obligations to fulfill it. It is not to be taken lightly.

Guiding accepts you as young women of honour. You are

the measure of your own Endeavor; you are the captain
of your own soul. Your Promise must be a positive
undertaking, "I will", and it must be reflected in your
daily life. Your best is known only to you and if you are
not putting out your best, you are cheating yourself.

As a Ranger your social responsibility is to take it in the

wider world - the world at large.

As a Guide you were working in your own colony or part

of the city. As a Ranger the horizon, the boundaries of
community in which you will work, serve, should
become wider and wider. You are taking Promise on your
own with your self- confidence to do your duties.

Duty to God: is adherence to spiritual principles,

l oya l ty t o r e l i g i o n t h a t
expresses them and
acceptance of duties resulting
there from.

With training and different

activities of your Team you will
understand that there are
various paths which lead to
ultimate Truth/God/Dharma
whatever you may call it. So
there should be tolerance for
other religions or faiths. Our All

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Faiths Prayer Meetings will give you this experience. If
prayer is sung in a different language we are not able to
understand meaning but we experience the same spirit
behind all prayers as they are sung from the heart.
When you are convinced about it your Team programme
will help you to spread this tolerance in community at
large. Nature study is not a form of religion or a
substitute for it. But it is a step ahead to realise God.

Duty to your Country: You should be loyal to your

country. To be a good and constructive citizen is your
duty towards your
country. We should
know what rights of a
citizen are but you
should also understand
and practice duties of a
citizen of your country.
What are your
responsibilities? You
should take care of the
public property as it
belongs to your
country. But most
important thing is you should be proud of your country,
its culture, heritage and you should do your best to give
help in the development of your country in whatever
walk of life you are following. You should start obeying
the traffic rules and travel rules yourself first. It will lead
you to follow the rules and regulations when you will
become an adult citizen.

Duty to Others:
Your duty to others in
y o u r f a m i l y ,
v i l l a g e / t o w n / c i t y,
country and world - As
a good citizen you have
to perform your

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duties in respect of others. You have to put it in practice
love, understanding, tolerance, sacrifice and service for
others. You have to think of welfare of others first. It will
make you happy, it will lead to local, national and
international peace.
When you do a good turn to others you feel happy.
Happiness is like radium. It is a form of love that
increases in proportion to the amount that is given over
and that is where happiness comes within the reach of
everyone. The key is you make others happy and you
will be happy without making more effort for it. Be
useful to others with all knowledge and experience of
Guide craft, do active service to others with love, you
will not only be happy, you will enjoy life.

Duty to self: Your first duty to

yourself is to know yourself,
discover yourself, know your plus
points and minus points, Ranger
activities will provide you ample
opportunities to know these. Find
out your real interest, your
attitude towards life and by self
education develop yourself into a
healthy, healthy, happy, helpful
citizen of your country. Definitely
you will be a citizen with
constructive attitude which will help others also to follow
you and become good citizens.

A Rangers attitude to life, what is expected of you as a

Ranger is summed up in the Promise and Law. Keep up
your Promise and Law. It is not easy. But it is not
impossible also. See that your work will be well - done
and you will be happy.

1. A Ranger is Trustworthy – As a Ranger no

temptation however great or however secretes will
persuade Rangers to do a dishonest or a shady action,

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however small. They should not go back on a promise
once made.
“ A Ranger's word is as good as bond”

“The truth and nothing but the truth for the

Ranger”

2. A Ranger is Loyal – You should inculcate the

knowledge that as a good
citizen you are one of the
members of the Team
“playing the game” honestly
for the good of whole. They
can be relied upon to the best
for others. The Rangers must
stick to their fellow Rangers,
their friends, family
members and do the best for
them- even though they may not always come up to
what a Ranger would like of them. A Ranger should also
be loyal to her self by not lowering her self respect, by
playing the game meanly, and will not let another
woman down.

3. A Ranger is a friend to all and a sister to every

other Ranger - You should see that other fellows being
w i t h y o u r s e l f
disregarding whatever
the difference of opinion
the caste, creed or
country. They should not
be a snob, i.e. she should
not look down upon
another because she is
poor, or who is poor and
resents another because she is rich.
“All the world a sisterhood”

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4. A Ranger is courteous -
Yo u a r e p o l i t e a n d
considerate to women, old
people, differently abled and
children. You should not
expect any reward for being
helpful or courteous. You
should not to be temper at
any level. Our behaviour
should attract others to be with us.

5. A Ranger is a friend to
animals and loves nature –
You all know that in Guiding, we
believe and have faith in God.
You should make you to respect
God's creation – nature and
animal. You should take care of
animals, birds and try to save
them from danger and enemies.
You should not kill any animal
unnecessarily, unless it is
endangering one's life.

“A Ranger has to be big hearted”

6. A Ranger is disciplined and helps protect public

property – Ranger is to be disciplined and obey the
order because it is her duty.

Public property is meant for the benefit of all in general

and any loss to it will be loss to all of us and in particular
to the country. You should develop a sense of belonging
in yourself to protect the public property and prevent
any damage to it and become a role model to others.
You should participate in service project to the Fairs,
Public Places and monuments etc which will develop
discipline and helping nature.

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7.A Ranger is Courageous - You
should develop the habit of facing
hardships. You have to be ready to
face any situation that comes not
only in Guiding life but in general life
as well. You go on whistling and
smiling. You should not use any foul
or bad language even provoked. If
you trust yourself, the courage will
automatically come in your attitude.

8. A Ranger is Thrifty – You induce the habit of saving.

Be it money, time, materials etc.
You should see that they do not
become burden on anybody. Being
a Ranger, you must understand the
cost of everything giving loss to us
for over use or wasted and
understand how to do the work
with minimum requirements.
Thrifty is not only about money,
materials but also time. Do not
waste time. The time once lost
cannot be regained.

9. A Ranger is pure in thought word and deed – You

also not only to be clean minded but clean – willed.
Develop to control against any tendencies and in
temperance's like sexual tendency, showing resentment
against elders, bullying with youngsters etc. Become an
example to others of being pure and a person of
integrity. The people should feel about your purity and
give examples to others about you.

“Watch your thoughts – for it becomes your words

Choose your words – for it becomes your actions
Check your actions – for it becomes your habits
Redeem your habits – for it becomes your character
Change your character – for it becomes your destiny”

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 PRAVESH GUIDE
REQUIREMENTS
(i)Pravesh Requirements :
(i) A Guide Aspirant must have holistic knowledge of
the movement

(ii) Have brief information of the origin of Guiding

along with definition, purpose, principle and method of
the Bharat Scouts and Guides.

a) Guide Promise and Law.

b) Guide Motto, Sign, Salute and Left Hand Shake.
c) Daily Good Turn at home and maintain a diary
atleast for a month.
d) Know the parts of Guide Uniform and how to wear
it.
e) Know the composition and significance of the
National Flag, the Bharat Scouts & Guides Flag and the
World Guide Flag and the Flag Etiquette
f) Sing correctly National Anthem, Bharat Scouts &
Guides Prayer and Flag Song. Know about the composer,
duration and meaning of the songs.
g) Attend atleast four Company meetings.
h) Undertake a 4 hour purposeful outing with her
Patrol.

Let us now deal with the Pravesh requirement one by

one.

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 HISTORY
History of Scouting and Guiding

Birth of Scouting
History of Scouting commences with a British Army
Officer, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. It is
not merely one act or initiative of Baden-Powell that led
to formation of Scouting but a number of events,
prevailing conditions in England at that point of time,
and influences which attracted the attention of Baden-
Powell to draw up a plan to be of service to society,
particularly the young boys.

We shall explore them one by one. These influences are

not presented in a sequential order.

Influence 1: While stationed in Lucknow, India as an

Army Officer in 1876, Baden-
Powell (B.-P.) found that his men
did not know basic first aid or
outdoor survival skills. They
were not able to follow a trail, tell
directions, read danger signs, or
find food and water. Hoping to
teach his men resourcefulness,
adaptability and the leadership
qualities demanded by frontier
conditions, in 1896, Baden-
Powell began to write a small
military handbook Aids to
Scouting.

Influence 2: In 1896 a rebellion broke out in

Matabeleland, or Rhodesia as we now call it. On 19th
May 1896 B.-P. arrived at Cape Town on a new

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 assignment which he
afterwards called “the best
adventure of my life”.

He was the Chief of Staff of Sir

Frederick Carrington in the
operations against the
rebelling tribes of Rhodesia's
Matabeleland. On 11th April , 1900 the Boers
bombarded Mafeking for four hours. On 16th May, an
advance party of the relieving force rode into Mafeking.
Amongst them was Major Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell
became world famous during this South African Boer
War. He held the small town of Mafeking during a 217
day siege. The relief was hailed with delight throughout
the Empire. As soon as the news of the Relief was
brought to Queen Victoria, she had the following
telegram sent to B.-P.:

'I and my whole Empire greatly

rejoice at the relief of Mafeking after
the splendid defense made by you
through all these months. I heartily
congratulate you and all under you,
military and civil, British and native,
for the heroism and devotion you
have shown.'

Influence 3: The boys of Mafeking

from nine years up were organized
into the Mafeking Cadet Corps,
which was eventually recognized
as an official part of the Mafeking
defenses. They took over all
manner of duties such as message-
carrying, orderly work in the field
kitchens, anything that could free a
trained man for combat duties. B.-
P. had noticed how useful these

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boys were and how they responded to responsibility
being put on them. The courage and resourcefulness
shown by the boys in the corps of messengers at
Mafeking made a lasting impression on him.

Influence 4: When B.-P.

returned to London as a national
hero, he was promoted to
Lieutenant General. In England,
he found that his little handbook
written for soldiers was being
used to teach observation and
woodcraft to members of Boys'
clubs and Boys' Brigade. It had
captured the imagination of
English boys and was widely
read. B.-P. felt the need to rewrite
the book especially for boys.

Influence 5: On 30th April 1904, Baden-Powell

inspected the Annual Drill Inspection and Review of the
Boys' Brigade on the occasion of the organization's
coming-of-age. The Drill Inspection and Review was an
impressive affair, with seven thousand youngsters
performing before eleven thousand 'ticket-holder
onlookers'. As the boys marched off the field, Baden-
Powell turned to congratulate the Boys' Brigade founder
William Alexander Smith. He also added that the
Brigade, to his way of thinking, should have many more
members than it had and would have ten times the
number with more variety and attraction in the training.

Without a moment's hesitation, Smith agreed and

instantly challenged Baden-Powell to develop a
programme that would provide that added 'variety and
attraction'. He specifically suggested that it might be
done through a boys' version of B.-P.'s small book,
“Aids to Scouting”.

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Influence 6: At the end of
July 1906, Baden- Powell
received a small book by mail
titled: The Birch-bark Roll of
the Woodcraft Indians written
by Ernest Thompson Seton, a
British citizen living in the
United States. He was very
much impressed with the
content of the book. On 30
October, the 46-year-old
naturalist-writer and the 49-year-old general lunched
together. The day after their meeting, Baden-Powell
sent Seton his Aids to Scouting and a copy of the
material he had prepared earlier that year regarding his
ideas on 'Scouting for Boys'. Seton secured B.-P's
promise of assistance in revising the Campcraft section
of The Birch-bark Roll for the sixth printing and Baden-
Powell got Seton's permission to use some of the games
of the Woodcraft Indians in his programme.

Influence 7: A report of conditions in the British

capital, just published after exhaustive study, revealed
the shocking fact that 30% of the population of London -
a city that prided itself on being the richest in the world -
were suffering from malnutrition. Another report
showed that of more than two million school boys, only
about a quarter of a million were under any kind of
'good' influence after school hours. Poverty, squalor,
overcrowding, marginalization, exploitation, crime,
etc., were prevalent in the poor areas of London. This
bothered many especially Baden-Powell who returned
to London in 1903 after spending several years abroad
as part of his military career. He could not believe that
nearly a third of London's population was under-
nourished.

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He was shocked with the fact that alcoholism, vandalism
and crime rate were becoming increasingly rampant.
B.-P. termed these as “failings”. He believed that such
“failings” sap the very foundation of society, thus
placing it in danger and compromising its future. Such
harsh realities prompted B.-P. to offer something
concrete to such dehumanizing situation and
particularly to the young boys of the country.

B.-P. believed that it was necessary to “develop

character” to tackle such problems. The educational
institutions failed to do this - they merely transmitted
knowledge. He basically believed that “education aims
to draw out and develop from the inside 'the good', to
the exclusion of the bad”. He therefore proposed a twin
plan - a purpose - to improve society by improving the
individuals of which it is composed, and a method
intended to “draw out” rather than “impress upon”.
Baden-Powell determined to give his Boy Scouts
scheme, a thorough test before he developed the final
details. Since one of its main characteristics was to be
adventuring outdoors the only way of doing this testing
was by camping with a group of boys. This, in itself, was
a revolutionary idea at that time. Hitherto, camping had
been reserved almost exclusively for the military at
home and abroad, and for explorers and sportsmen
overseas. Now, for the first time, it would be made
generally available to British boys on their home
ground.

The result crystallised

in the form of an
experimental camp
in Brownsea Island,
in Poole Harbour,
Dorset, England in
A u g u s t 1 9 0 7
organised by Baden-
Powell. He wanted to

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see how far his scheme would interest boys of different
upbringing and education and therefore recruited his 20
campers from various walks of English life.

Some were from large public schools, others from the

slums, shops or farms.

To the boys, the Brown sea camp became a thrilling

adventure. They were having fun and excitement. They
were not aware of the significance of what was
happening - that their working and playing together
would eventually result in millions of other boys sharing
in the same game.

To them, everything was a new and something to be

treasured:; the experience of camping in itself, the
friendships they made in their patrols and the scout-
craft skills they learned. They were organized into
patrols. They played games, took hikes, cooked without
utensils, learned stalking and pioneering skills. In the
evenings, around the magic of a campfire, they were
spellbound by B.-P.'s stories of his army adventures.
Scouting had begun in earnest and was destined to
spread around the world.

B.-P. himself considered the

camp a success. It had shown
him the soundness of his patrol
system. It had demonstrated the
appeal of camping and outdoor
activities to boys of all classes. It
had established that the most
effective way of learning scout
craft was through practices and
games. It had proved that, when
put 'on their honour,' boys would
do their very best.

Within a few days of his return B.-P. began to receive

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letters from the boys and their parents. The boys
expressed themselves enthusiastically about the
marvellous time they had experienced. The reactions of
the parents were of the greatest importance to Baden-
Powell. They had trusted their boys to his care for an
experiment. The parents felt that their boys had not only
picked up useful knowledge but had become more
resourceful and more independent.

After the Brown sea camp, B.-P. rewrote his earlier

handbook and called it Scouting for Boys. He
incorporated many ideas from two American
programmes for boys: The Woodcraft Indians, and The
Sons of Daniel Boone. Scouting for Boys was first
published as a six - part series of magazine articles.
People liked the series so well that it was published as a
book in 1908.

Spurred by Baden-Powell's enthusiasm and personal

magnetism, Boy Scout patrols started to appear in each
of communities in which the General had stopped on his
countrywide tour to describe his Boy Scouts scheme. By
the time the sixth and final part of the book made its
appearance at the end of March, Boy Scouting had
swept like a tidal wave across the length and breadth of
the United Kingdom.

The general doubt that is likely to arise is as to when

exactly scouting was born. The conduct of the first
experimental camp by Baden- Powell at Brown Sea
Island in 1907 is considered to be the birth of Scouting.

Growth of the Movement

Scouting spread throughout England and began
spreading to other countries. The first recognized
overseas unit was chartered in Gibraltar in 1908,
followed quickly by a unit in Malta. Canada became the
first overseas dominion with a sanctioned Boy Scout

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program, followed
by Australia, New
Zealand and South
Africa. Chile was
the first country
outside the British
dominions to have a
r e c o g n i z e d
Scouting program.
Scouting came to
India in the year 1909. By 1910, Argentina, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Malaya, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United
States had Boy Scouts.
The success of “Scouting for Boys” produced a
Movement that quickly - automatically it seemed -
adopted the name of the Boy Scouts and necessitated
the establishment of an office to administer it. By 1909
the Movement had taken firm root. “Scouting for Boys”
had been translated into five languages.

Birth of Guiding
1909 is the memorable
year in the history of
Scouting to have the first
gathering of Scouts at
Crystal Palace, London.
Over 11,000 Scouts in
uniform who attended the
rally proved their
willingness to play the
game of Scouting. Along
with these11000 Scouts,
there were a handful of
girls who too wanted to join the game.

It was a surprise for Baden Powell to see girls at the rally,

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wearing uniforms like Boy Scouts. When he asked them
“ Who are you?” they replied, 'We are Girl Scouts!” They
said they too wanted very much to be in the game like
their brothers.

He tried to persuade the girls to give

up the idea, but he found enthusiasm
in those young girls and determination
to follow their brothers. So he
separated the girl section of the
Movement into a new section and put
his sister Agnes Baden-Powell in
charge to look after it, calling the
branch as Girl Guides. Thus was born
the Movement for girls. After B.-P.'s
marriage, his wife Olave St. Clair
Soames (fondly known as Lady
Baden-Powell) was a great source of strength to B.P., in
promoting Scouting and Guiding around the world. Both
of them undertook several world tours to highlight
Scouting and Guiding. After B.P's death on 8th January
1941 in Nyeri, Lady Baden-Powell continued her good
work until her death in 1977.

The coming of the First World

War in 1914 could have
brought about the collapse of
the Movement, but the training
provided through the patrol
system proved its worth. Patrol
leaders took over when adult
leaders volunteered for active
service. Scouts contributed to
the war effort in many ways;
most notable perhaps were the
Sea Scouts who took the place
of regular coast -guardsmen,
thus freeing them for service afloat.

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The first World Jamboree
took place in 1920, in
Olympia, London with 8,000
participants, and proved that
young people of many
nations could come together
to share common interests
a n d i d e a l s . B . P. w a s
proclaimed as the Chief
Scout of the world at this Jamboree. During the
Jamboree the first International Scout Conference was
held with 33 National Scout Organizations represented.
The Boy Scouts International Bureau was founded in
London in 1920.

As the Movement grew, expanded and spread to various

countries around the world, the need was felt to form a
world body and it resulted in the formation of World
Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) as well as
the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
(WAGGGS).

WAGGGS have five regions: Africa, Arab, Asia Pacific,

Europe and Western Hemisphere.

The Bharat Scouts and Guides is one of the founder

members of the Asia Pacific Region.

In the 1990's Scouting has been reborn in every country

where it existed prior to World War II, and it has started
throughout the newly independent countries of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the
USSR). At present there are more than 40 million
Scouts, young people and adults, male and female, in
216 countries and territories. There are more than 10
million girls and young women in 150 countries.

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Scouting and Guiding in India:

Though Scouting came to India in 1909,

membership was open to only European and Anglo
Indian boys. In 1916, Dr. Annie Besant, established
the Indian Boy Scout Association, in
Madras(Chennai) and in 1917 Pandit Madan
Mohan Malviya and Pandit Hridayanath Kunzru
assisted by Sri Ram Bajpai established the Seva
Samiti Scout Association in Allahabad. In 1938,
the Seva Samiti Scout Association and newly
formed Indian National Scout Association merged
and formed the Hindustan Scout Association.

On 7th November 1950, the Boy Scout Association

in India and the Hindustan Scout Association
merged under the name of The Bharat Scouts and
Guides. The Girl Guide Association of India
merged with the Bharat Scouts and Guides on
15th August 1951.

Though the Scout wing and Guide wing are working

together under the banner of The Bharat Scouts and
Guides, the Scout wing is affiliated to WOSM and the
Guide wing is affiliated to WAGGGS. The years wise
development is given hereunder:

A short history of the Guide movement with special

reference to the movement in India, its constitution and
organization.

The history of the Guide movement begins before the

official beginning in 1910. Infact, B.P. never intended
the movement for girls, but the girls had started it by
themselves. After the Brown sea Island Camp, the
Scout movement was launched and began to spread. In
1909 there was first rally of the Boy Scouts at Crystal
Palace. To this rally girls came uninvited who had

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already borrowed parts of their brothers uniform and
studied the Boy's Hand Book. They demanded to be
recognised and seeing their enthusiasm and
determination, B.P. relented and taking the help of
sister Miss Agness Baden Powell, formed a separate
movement for the girls. He gave them a new name, the
'Guides' from the Indian regiment of the North, who are
noted for their courage and reliability and ability to turn
their hand to anything.

Guiding officially started in 1910 when the first

companies were registered in England. Miss Agnes
Baden Powell became President of the Girl Guides .The
first countries besides England to start Guiding were
Australia, Suomifinal and South Africa.

1911: Guiding came to India when Dr. Cullen opened

first Guide Company at Jabalpur.

1912: 1. Sir Robert Baden Powell married Miss Olave

St. Clare Soames.

2. Julliette Low started guiding in America: The name

as changed to Scouts in 1913.

3. Another off shoot of the main movement in the

shape of loan Guides was started for girls living in
remote places but they were formed into branch in1919.

1913: A Committee was formed in Calcutta and a

formal request for official recognition was sent to
England.(This was the nucleus of All India Movement)

1914: Guiding spread to Calcutta, Madras and

Bombay. At first these Companies were directly
administered by England.India had no Headquarters of
its own.

1916: Though Scouting came to India in 1909 and

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Guiding a year after, there were no Companies for
Indian Girls till 1916. Prior to that the Indian girls had
joined anrganisation known as the Girl Messenger
Service Originated by American Missionaries in U.P.
and worked on the same lines as the Girl Guides. The
first Company of Indian Girls was registered as the
Panch Howd Company, Poona, Mrs. Bear was appointed
the first Chief Commissioner for India with her
Headquarters in Calcuta She was authorised to frame
bye laws as necessary in consultation with the Girl
Guide Council in London. Thus the All India Girl Guide
Association was founded. In the same year Dr. Annie
Besant, assisted by Dr. G.S. Arundale established the
Indian Boy Scout Association in the South of India. The
Guides were called Sister Guides.

1917: In this year, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and

Pandit Haridayanath Kunzru assisted by Pandit Shri Ram
Bajpai established a Seva Samiti Scout Association in
the North of India. The Girls were called Seva Samiti
Guides.

In India, the idea of bird life has always proved more

popular, so Brownie packs were changed into "Blue
Bird Flocks".

The First Indian Magazine, the Girl Guide News sheet

was published as three type written pages. This was the
fore runner of the 'Indian Guide'.
1918: Burma and Ceylon started Guiding and Burma
remained with all India Head quarters till 1927.

The Chief Scout published the Handbook. "Girl Guiding"

which was later abridged in India as "Steps to Girl
Guiding". As far back as 1910 and 1914 Companies
were started for the deaf, dumb, the blind and the
crippled. Official recognition was given to it in 1918 and
thus started Extension Guiding.

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1919: The First International Council was formed, later
to become the World Organization which we know
today. Mrs. Breeves was appointed Commissioner for
Indian Guides in Bengal.

1920: The First Interntional Conference was held at

Oxford H.R.H. Princesses Royal became President of the
Girld Guides Association. India was represented by Mrs.
Bear at this Conference. Senior Guides got the official
name. "Rangers" Lady Abala Bose was appointed first
Indian Commissioner for Indian Guides.

1921: The Chief Scout and Lady Baden Powell came to

visit India for the first time.This visit resulted in the
evolution of the Y.M.C.A. to the movement. It was
during this visit that the Girl Messengers and the Sister
Guides merged with the Girl Guide Association due to
the efforts of Lady Baden Powell. The Seva Samiti
Scouts still stayed away.

1922: In this year, the Indian Boy Scout Association

was amalgamated with the Boy Scout Association
continued to work as an independent organisation. Mrs.
Bear left India. The movement in India was organised
on provincial Commissioner and Council. The Indian
Headquarters executive Committee was reconstituted
and a General Secretary was appointed by the
Imperial Headqurters. Foxlease in Hamshire,
England was given to the movement by Mrs. Archiald
and endowed by H.R.H Princes Mary. It is now the
home of Guiding and a training school for Guide from all
over the world.

1923: The First All India Guider's Training camp was

held at Ganeshkhind near Poona.

1924: The first world camp was held Foxlease and

included the Indian Contingent.

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1925: The World Bulletin was published for the first
time. The name was later changed to Council Fire’

1926: At the Fourth International Conference held at

Camp Edith Macy, USA. February 22nd, the Joint
birthday of the Chief Scout and the Chief Guide was
instituted as world wide Thinking Day.

1927: Another home of Guiding was found at Waddow

Hall, Lancashire, Sea Guides and Cadets were formed.

1928: At the fifth International Conference at Hungary,

the World Association of the girl Guides and Girl Scouts
was formed with 28 countries. India became a member
of this Association. A World Committee was elected with
a World Bureau as its Secretariat.

1930: Lady Baden Powell was elected Chief Guide of

the World at the Sixth Conference at Foxlease.

The World Flag consist of trefoil in gold on a bright blue

back ground was adopted in 6th World Conference. The
design prepared by FROKH KARI AAS of Norway.

1932: "Our Chalet" at Adelboden, Switerzand given

by Mrs, Storrow to the Guides of this world was opened.
Tender foot Membership of the World Association was
introduced.

Early in 30's in view of the accurate nationalism in

India, there was a disagreement over the Guide Promise
and a leading school in Calcutta refused to take the
Promise of loyality.

1937: The Chief paid a second visit to India. Efforts

Scouts Association and the All India Boy Scouts
Association merged to form the Bharat Scouts and
Guides. The Guides did not merge then, as they were
not to willing unless they reached an assurance of full

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autonomy for the Guide section in respect of training
and administration.

In February, 1951 the Girl Guide Association Council

in India passed a resolution accepting the merger and
on 15th August 1951,the Girl Guide Association finally
merged with the Bharat Scouts and Guides.

1950: At the World Conference at Oxford,Water Donal

Rose Trophy was accepted to be awarded annually to a
Girl Guide Company or Girl Scout Group for service of
outstanding achievement. It has been India's privilege
to have won it in the first year of its being awarded. It
came to the Cadets and Guides of the St. Mary's Girl
School, Deogher, Santhal Paraganas, Bihar.

1952: In Oct., 1952 All India Scouters and Guiders

conference was held t the camp site near Humayun's
Tomb, New Delhi. The conference was then opened by
the then president of Indian Union Dr. Rajendra Prasad
on 27th Octo; was also addressed by the then Prime
Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 29th Oct. It was
attended the World Bureau Directors Dame Lesilie G.
Whateley and Col. J.S. Wilson.

1953: The All India Girl Guides Association was a

founder member of the World Association since 1928.
After the merger it ceased to be a member. The Bharat
Scouts and Guides applied for affiliation. There were
misgivings because of a joint Association. At the World
Conference in Norway 1951, Mrs. Laxmi Mazumdar
represented India's case and succeeded in removing
doubts.India was then re-elected as a member of the
World Association in 1953. The first All India Scout
Guide Jamboree after the Bharat Scouts and Guides
was formed was held at Hyderabad in 1953.

1956: Dr. Rajendra Prasad the President of Indian

Union laid the foundation stone of the B.P. Memorial

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Guide House at the National Training Centre at
Panchmarhi in Madya Pradesh.

An International Commissioners Conference of Guide

Commissioners of Asian zone was held for the first time
in New Delhi.

The second All India Jamboree was held in Jaipur in

Rajasthan Dec. 26th, Jan. 1957.

1957: Scouts and Guides all over the World celebrated

the birth centenary of Lord Baden Powell, India was
represented at the Phillipines and at the Windsor park
camp. Mrs Laxmi Mazumdar, Deputy Chief
Commissioner Guides was elected a member of the
World Committee at the 16th World Conference at
Brazil.

"Our Cabana", the 3rd International Centre was

opened in Mexico.

HISTORY OF RANGERING

WORLD LEVEL
In 1920, the First International Conference was held at
Oxford H.R.H. Princesses Royal became President of the
Girl Guides Association. India was represented by Mrs.
Bear at this Conference. Senior Guides got the official
name. "Rangers" Lady Abala Bose was appointed first
Indian Commissioner for Indian Guides.

Indian Rangering
Whereas there is no records says the actual starting of
first Unit but as per Milestone book, the history speaks
that:

A National Seminar for Rovers and Rangers was held in

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Delhi from 27-30 Sept. 1964 in which age limit for
Rovers and Rangers was fixed i.e. 18 to 24 years

The first Conference of the Rover and Ranger leaders

was held at the Western Railway Zonal Training School,
Udaipur from 29th to 31st March 1967. It was
inaugurated by His Highness Maharaja Bhagwat Singhji
of Udaipur on 29th March. 74 Rover leaders and 20
Ranger leaders representing 16 states attended the
Conference. Mr. G. R. Padolina, Executive Commissioner
Far East Region, Boy Scout World Bureau and Mrs.
C. Cameron, Chairman Constitution Sub-Committee of
the WAGGGS participated in the Conference. Former
National Organising Commissioner Shri D. P. Joshi acted
as Secretary to the Conference.

The Gandhi Centenary Regional Rover/Ranger

Samagam was held at National Training Centre
Pachmarhi from December 29 to January 6, 1970. It was
recognised by WAGGGS and Boy Scout World Bureau.
289 Rovers and 63 Rangers from 17 State Associations
attended the Samagam. The theme was 'Peace through
Friendship'. Prominent persons like Shri Jai Prakash
Narain, Salvador Fernandes, Sheela Ghori,
Narsimachari, S. Tripathi (Rajasthan) Field Marshall
Manekshaw, Shri R. P. Kathuria and Smt. S. S. Sachdev
visited the Samagam and addressed the Scout and
Guide Leaders.

The Rajasthan State, Bharat Scouts & Guides started an

agricultural project in PISANGANJ, Ajmer. Some
financial assistance was received from the Govt. of
India. A camp was organised at Hatoondi in November,
1971. 28 young farmers were trained for 10 days in both
agricultural techniques and Grameen Rovering. Shri
Ganeshi Ram SOC Rajasthan State Bharat Scouts &
Guides was in-charge of this project.

First President Rover/Ranger Award Rally was held at

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Nizamuddin in 1971.

In Lucknow District in 1972 to popularise Rangering in

rural areas. Initially 50 villages were selected. 6 women
were chosen from each village. They were given training
in nutrition, personal hygiene, public health, family
planning, agriculture, literacy civil defence etc. Dr.
(Miss) K. Sabharwal SC (G) was in-charge of this
Project. In all 10 Training Camps were arranged. The
number of enrolled Rangers was 500.

GRAMEEN RANGERING (1975)

The year 1975 was declared as the 'International
Women's year' by the UNO. The National Headquarters
of the Bharat Scouts & Guides chalked out a
comprehensive plan for Grameen Rangering. A pilot
project initiated 3 years ago in Lucknow District (UP)
had yielded good results.
It was decided to organise similar programmes in other
parts of the country.
States were grouped into five zones viz., North, South,
East, West, and Central. A Sub-Committee for each
zone was set up which was assisted by an adviser. A
female professional from the National Headquarters
was to act as an organiser. The State Commissioner (G)
of the state in which the zonal office was located acted
as Chairman and all the State Commissioners (G) of the
States of that zone were the members of the
Committee. These Zonal Committees conducted camps
of 40 adult women Rangers and Guides between 18–35
years. An equal number of women from the nearby rural
areas was allowed to join the camp. Patrol system was
strictly carried out. The programme of these camps was
divided into two parts a) at the camp b) in the villages.
The duration of each camp was 7 days.

During 12th National Jamboree at Bhopal, National Year

of Rover/Ranger closing ceremony was done.

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His Excellency the Vice President of India Mr. K.R.
Narayanan, consented the proposal of the Bharat
Scouts & Guides to institute Upa-Rashtrapati Award to
be given to the Rover/Ranger units for community
development oriented programmes for one year on the
lines of the Prime Minister Shield Competition. Its
launching took place at the Vice President's Residence
(No. 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi) on October 2,
1994.

The B.P. book “Rovering to Success” was printed in

India in 1990 and the first revised Indian Edition in
2002.

The following trekking programmes were undertaken by

the Rovers and Rangers of Bharat Scouts & Guides for
the first time in 1999-2000:

(i)Himalayan Trekking to Hemkund: 116 Rovers

and Rangers from 18 states started from Raiwala and
went upto Hemkund, Valley of flowers (1500ft.above
sea level). They enjoyed the natural scenic beauty, flora
and fauna on the way.

(ii)Coastal Trekking: 130 Rovers and Rangers from

14 States participated in the six day trekking
programme (10-15 October, 1999) commencing from
Southern Railway Training Centre, Mandapam.

(iii)Desert Trekking: 59 Rovers and 19 Rangers with

their leaders participated in the Desert Trekking.
Starting from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, they hiked for about
15 kms. a day. On their way, they campaigned for
community development projects such as literacy, AIDS
Awareness etc.

For detailed history of the movement, please read

Milestone and A Dream Came True book.

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 Our Fundamentals

Definition
“The Bharat Scouts and Guides is a voluntary,
non-political, educational Movement for young
people, open to all without distinction of origin,
race or creed, in accordance with the purpose,
principles and methods conceived by the founder
Lord Baden-Powell in 1907.”

(The voluntary character

of Scouting/Guiding
emphasises the fact that
members adhere to it by
their own free will and
because they accept the
fundamentals of the
Movement.)

Purpose
The purpose of the Movement is to contribute to the
development of young people in achieving their full
physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual
potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as
members of the local, National and International
communities.

It is also important to point out that the concept of

responsible citizenship, which is one of the fundamental
goals of Scouting/Guiding, must be understood in a
broad context.

Thus, a person is, first and foremost, an individual. This

individual is integrated into her community, which is
part of a wider political structure (district, province,

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state, etc.,) the total expression of which is the
sovereign state or country. A responsible citizen must be
aware of her rights and obligations in relation to the
various communities to which she belongs.
Principles
The principles are the fundamental laws
and beliefs which must be observed when
achieving the purpose. They represent a
code of conduct which characterises all
members of the Movement.

Scouting/Guiding is based upon three

broad principles which represent its
fundamental laws and beliefs.

They are referred to as:

“Duty to God”,
“Duty to others” and
“Duty to self”.

Duty to God: Adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty

to the religion that expresses them and acceptance of
the duties resulting there from.

Duty to Others: Loyalty to one's

country in harmony of local,
National and International peace,
understanding, and co-operation.

This amounts to participation in the

development of society with recognition and respect for
the dignity of one's fellowmen and for the integrity of the
natural world.

Our patriotism should be of the wider, nobler kind which

recognises justice and reasonableness in the claims of
others and which leads our country into comradeship
with the other nations of the world.

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The first step to this end is to develop peace and
goodwill within our own borders, by training our youth of
both sexes to its practice as their habit of life; so that the
jealousies of town against town, class against class and
sect against sect no longer exist; and then to extend this
good feeling beyond our frontiers towards our
neighbours....”

Duty to Self: Responsibility for the development of

oneself.

A person should assume responsibility for the

development of her own capacities. This is fully in
harmony with the educational purpose of the Scout
Movement, whose aim is to assist the young person in
the full development of potentials - a process which
has been called the “unfolding” of the personality. In this
respect, the role of the Promise and Law is a
fundamental one.

The Method
The Guide Method is a system of progressive self-
education through:
•Promise and Law
•Learning by Doing
•Membership of small groups under adult leadership
involving progressive discovery and acceptance of
responsibility and training towards self-government
directed towards the development of character, and
the acquisition of competence, self-reliance,
dependability and capacities to co-operate and to
lead.

Progressive and stimulating programmes of various

activities based on the interests of the participants
including games, useful skills and services to the
community taking place largely in an outdoor setting in
contact with nature.

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 Holistic Knowledge of the
Movement
Guiding complements the school and the family, filling
needs not met by either. Guiding develops self-
knowledge and the need to explore, to discover, and to
want to know. Guides discover the world beyond the
classroom, tapping the skills of others to learn and to
become individuals with all round development. Guiding
helps young persons acquire plenty of life skills and
enables them to be useful citizens. Guiding is all about
building confidence and self-esteem, learning important
life skills and leadership skills, team building, outdoor
adventure, education, and fun to empower the youth!
Guides learn how to make good choices and to take
responsibility for their actions so that they are prepared
for their adult life as independent persons.

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The Bharat Scouts and Guides
VISION STATEMENT
By 2024, The Bharat Scouts and Guides will be
globally visible, consistently growing, self-reliant
premium youth movement that is gender
balanced, vibrant and responsive to trends.

Providing young people with value-based,

attractive and challenging youth programme,
through competent leaders, effective
communication, optimum use of technology and
efficient management.

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 Mission statement of WAGGGS

Vision is:
All girls are valued and take action to change the world
Placing girls and young women at the centre of all our
work, at both regional and global level, our Mission and
Vision are at the heart of every decision we make and
every action we take here at the World Association.
Together, the Mission and Vision uphold the inherent
values of the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Movement
and ensure that the work we do; our educational
materials, leadership and development programmes,
and international campaigns, all contribute towards the
building of a better future and achieving our Vision of a
better and safer world for girls and young women.

Scope for Personal Growth and

Development
Through participation in outdoor activities like camps
and hikes, Guides not only learn to be independent but
also in the process to acquire skills in leadership and
effective team work. They acquire skills in pioneering,
first aid, cooking, estimation, mapping, signalling,
observation etc. By participating in a wide variety of
adventure programmes such as rock climbing, rafting,
parasailing, trekking, hikes etc., they not only have fun
but also learn to strengthen their guts.PraveshWith
several opportunities provided to serve the community
at large by the Guide Movement, the Guides get trained
to be responsible citizens. This inspires young people to
do their best and to always “BE PREPARED”.

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 Guide Promise and Law
Promise and Law are discussed on page no. 10. You
must be able to understand and implement in your life.

Motto, Sign, Salute,

Left-Hand Shake
The Motto : BE PREPARED
Be-Prepared: This means you are always in a state of
readiness in mind and body to do your DUTY.

•Be Prepared in Mind by having disciplined yourself to

be obedient to every order, and also by having thought
out beforehand any accident or situation that might
occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right
moment, and are willing to do it.

•Be Prepared in body by making yourself strong and

active and able to do the right thing at the right
moment, and do it.

The Guide Motto “Be Prepared” denotes a way of life

and an attitude of mind, which would enable you to get
proficient in practical skills, help you face challenges in
life and also to be in readiness to be of service to others.
This can be achieved by being physically strong,
mentally awake and morally straight. The Motto is also a
reminder for you to be always in a state of readiness in
mind and body to be able to do your duty and to help
others even in times of unprecedented calamity.

Sign
The Guide sign identifies you as a Guide anywhere in the
world. The sign is given at the time of investiture and at
the time of renewal of the Guide Promise.

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The three upraised fingers stand for the three parts of
the Guide Promise. The thumb and little finger together

stand for the bond between all Guides.

The Guide Sign is given by raising the right hand, in level

with the shoulder, palm to front with three fingers
stretched together and thumb closing on the little finger.
(For more details, refer to Camp fire yarn No.3 in
Scouting for Boys.)

Guide Salute
Guide Salute is an expression of mutual esteem and
good-will. It is a mark of respect and good manners. It is
the privilege and not a
service act. It is an
outward expression of the
spirit of discipline and
respect for the other. The
manner of saluting
indicates the standard of
discipline and the state of
training and the morale in
the Unit. It is the privilege
of the one who sees first to
salute first.

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Salute is given by raising the right arm smartly to the
level of the shoulder, palm to the front with the three
fingers stretched together, the first touching the
forehead one inch above the right eyebrow and the
thumb closing on the little finger and after that the arm,
cutting to the front is quickly and smartly brought down
curling the fingers.

Normally all movements are done to the timing of four

counts e.g.,

“one, two, three, four” counting mentally. “One” - Raise

the arm and salute. “Two, three” - Pause.

“Four” - Bring the arm down. The salute, as the sign,

reminds members of the promise taken. The three
fingers held upright represent the three fold Promise.
Etiquette is to allow the other person to take the salute
before bringing down the arm. Breaking off: On
command a smart right turn, a side step and march off
breaking the formation. (a continuous movement).

Left-Hand Shake:
Left-Hand Shake greetings with a smile; shaking hands
with left and saluting with the right is a specialty of the
movement. At the very heart of the Guide Movement is
the friendly Good Turn. It might
even be called the motive power
of the Movement and because it is

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so essential to the girl, to the organization, and to
society in general. It is of great importance that we
understand all that it really means as well as how to best
stimulate its use and recognize its values.

GOOD TURN
A Good Turn is a volunteered kind act
of good deed without expecting
anything in return. Guides must be
encouraged to watch for things that
need to be done, and then do them
without being asked. More, Guides
must be trained and educated into the
Good Turn Habit. They must be helped
to see that doing a job which they are
already supposed to do even
cheerfully, ought not to be classified as
doing a Good Turn.

As a real matter of fact it was an unselfish, fine spirited

Good Turn by an unknown English boy which brought
Scouting to America in
the first place. The
incident, now a
cherished tradition in
the annals of the Boy
Scouts of America, ran
as follows: William D.
Boyce, the Chicago
publisher, a matter-of-
fact business man, had lost himself in the heart of a
London fog, and in his bewilderment he looked here and
there.

A street urchin, noticing his embarrassment, came up

and saluted Mr. Boyce and said, “May be of service to
you?” Mr. Boyce said, “if you can show me how to find

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such-and-such an address it will be a real service.” This
lad very smartly saluted and said, “Sir, follow me.” He
forthwith brought him to the place that Mr. Boyce
desired.

Then Mr. Boyce, characteristically of the traveller, pulled

his coin purse out and offered the boy a shilling. The boy
promptly saluted and said, “Sir, i am a Scout. Scouts do
not accept tips for courtesies". The man said, “What did
you say?”

The Scout repeated, and then added, “Don't you know

who the Scouts are?” He said, “No, i don't, but i would
like to know.” The boy said, “Follow me.” Boyce pleaded
for the opportunity to do his errand and then, as he tells
the story himself, this lad was waiting for him outside
and took him to the office of Sir Robert Baden-Powell,
after which he brought back to America a trunk-load of
printed matter.

He went to Washington and with his good friend

Mr. Livingstone, who subsequently was for 15 years the
President Boy Scouts of America, incorporated the BSA
under the laws of the District of Columbia.

The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated in 1910,

and in 1916 granted Federal Charter by Act of Congress.
Complying with the regulations and rules of the school
and school grounds is doing one's duty, and not a Good
Turn. On the other hand the Guide who watches for
things that need to be done, and volunteers her services
to the captain, teacher or principal, has rendered is a
real Good Turn.

So you see the Good Turn habit has no end of avenues

down which it may go. There is scarcely a day or an hour,
an event or a situation where there is not an opportunity
to do a Good Turn. The point is that Guides must be
trained to see these opportunities and to take real joy in

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making use the most of the opportunity.

Guides like to be useful; every community offers many

opportunities to serve others. Guides should be helped
to learn what service opportunities are provided by
community organizations and institutions.
Encouragement be given by broad contact with
government, business, social welfare, and service
organizations through visits, inviting guests to
meetings, and encouraging Guides to prepare projects
or displays about community services.

It means being a Ranger, you must be prepared yourself

in all respect to give your service to the society and the
nation. You must be ready at any time to do your duty
towards the organisation, society and the nation. The
service is from your inner conscious not by force.

Task for You:

¬ Periodically you need to have a personal dialogue

with your colleagues Rangers wherein you try to extract
from them difficulties if any they face in keeping up the
Promise, or whether they foresee any constraints in
adhering to the Promise.

¬ Write down on a piece of paper, in simple words as to

what you presently understand the Promise. Preserve
the answer sheets carefully, so that after a couple of
years you can once again try this exercise with yourself
and find the difference in the answers. By and large it
would go to prove that your understanding of the
Promise has grown a lot over the years as you
experienced Guiding.

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Task for You:
Guide Law

¬ Perform role plays or skits on all parts of Law.

¬ Visits to: Nature resorts, Zoo, Bird sanctuaries,

Veterinary hospital/clinic, Pet care centres etc.

¬ Visit to: Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

(SPCA) and Blue Cross.

¬ Demonstrate acts of courtesy and if possible show

photographs, pictures and video clippings.

Task for You:

¬ Do daily good turn and think what you can do more

better in that good turn and do it on next day.

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 RANGER UNIFORM
Uniform makes you feel that you are a member of our
Movement and that you belong to a world-wide
sisterhood of girls numbering millions. Wherever you
go, if you wear the uniform, you will find Guide friends
and it will make you feel comfortable and at ease.

Whenever and wherever you wear the uniform, it

proclaims you as a person of character. Our Promise,
Law and Motto, and all the ideals of our Movement are
symbolised by the uniform. Hence be sure to wear the
uniform with honour.

Head Dress

Collar Patten

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 The uniform stands for preparedness. When
an accident occurs in a street/road where a
Guide walks in uniform, the public expects
her to render assistance. Since the Guide is
in uniform, she has better control over crowd
management and she will be expected to
transmit messages to the
hospital, relatives or in helping
to transport the victim.

Uniform is also a symbol of

democracy. In Guiding, girls
stand shoulder to shoulder,
regardless of social
background.

For details pertaining to the various

items of the Guide uniform you need to
refer to Chapter II item 8 and Chapter
III item no. 16 of APRO Part III.

Task for You:

¬ Make sure that every one of you is aware about the

significance of your uniform. You must understand and
feel the importance of Uniform.

¬ Remember just as there is only one kind of uniform,

there is also only one way of wearing it and that is the
CORRECT WAY. Make sure you set an example by
wearing complete and correct uniform.

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 FLAGS
People have used flags for over 4,000 years. A flag is
a piece of coloured fabric or material that is used as a
symbol, or for sending a signal. Some flags are used
only for decoration. Usually, flags are messages from
a person or a group of people.

Anyone can make any kind of flag for any occasion or

reason. People use flags to give others information,
such as, who they are. Long ago, knights carried flags
into battle because it was hard to know who the
knights were when they were dressed up and
covered in armour ready for battle! Flags were
important because they helped soldiers identify their
friends from their enemies in battle.

Today every country has a flag. Likewise there are

flags for Institutions, Clubs, Sports and Games,
Religious groups, Political parties etc. National flags
serve not only as a means of identity but also as a
symbol for a country's history and ideals. Although
flags originated from a simple concept, today they
represent much more than mere signage.

Flags are an important part of the identity of a country.

They are a symbolic representation of the country
and its ideals. Flags aim to unite the people and act as
an icon of the nation. The flags of countries are
treated with respect.

Countries usually design their flag with certain

colours or shapes to stand for specific meaning.

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 The National Flag of India
The National Flag of India has got immense
importance. The National Flag of free India was first
adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 July
1947. It epitomizes its
civilization and culture,
heritage and freedom.
The Indian National
Flag is a tricolor
rectangular panel,
made up of three
rectangular panels of
equal width. The colour
of the top panel is saffron and of the bottom panel is
green; the middle panel is white. In the centre there is
the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue colour.
Saffron colour denotes courage and sacrifice, white
denotes purity, the path of truth to guide our conduct
and the green denotes prosperity. Ashoka chakra in
the centre of the panel with 24 spokes is the wheel of
the law of Dharma; it denotes progress. The size of
the flag is in the ratio of 3:2 (three parts long and two
parts wide).The national flag shall be used only on
such occasions and in such manner as in accordance
with the rules framed by the Government.

Guidelines to be strictly followed with

regard to our National Flag.
The National Flag
1. shall not be used for commercial purposes in
violation of the Emblem and Names (Prevention of
Improper Use) Act, 1950;

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2. shall not be dipped in salute to any person or
thing;
3. shall not be flown at half-mast except on
occasions on which the Flag is flown at half-mast on
public buildings in accordance with the instructions
issued by the Government;
4. shall not be used as a drapery in any form
whatsoever, including private funerals;
5. shall not be used as a portion of costume or
uniform of any description nor shall it be embroidered
or printed upon cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins or
any dress material;
6. shall not have any form of lettering put upon it;
7. shall not be used as a receptacle for receiving,
delivering, holding or carrying anything:
Provided that there shall be no objection to keeping
flower petals inside the Flag before it is unfurled as
part of celebrations on special occasions and on
National Days like the Republic Day and the
Independence Day;
8. shall not be used to cover a speaker's desk nor
shall it be draped over a speaker's platform;
9. shall not be intentionally allowed to touch the
ground or the floor or trail in water;
10. shall not be draped over the hood, top, sides or
back of a vehicle, train,boat or an aircraft;
11. shall not be used as a covering for a building
12. shall not be intentionally displayed with the
“saffron” down; and

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13. when used on occasions like unveiling of a statue,
the Flag shall be displayed distinctly and separately
and it shall not be used as a covering for the statue or
monument;

A member of public, a private organization or an

educational institution may hoist/display the National
Flag on all days and occasions, ceremonial or
otherwise. Consistent with the dignity and honour of
the National Flag—
(i) whenever the National Flag is displayed, it should
occupy the position of honour and should be distinctly
placed;

(ii) a damaged or dishevelled Flag should not be

displayed;
(iii) the Flag should not be flown from a single
masthead simultaneously with any other flag or flags;
(iv) the Flag should not be flown on any vehicle
except in accordance with the provisions contained in
Section IX of Part III of this Code;
(v) when the Flag is displayed on a speaker's
platform, it should be flown on the speaker's right as
he faces the audience or flat against the wall, above
and behind the speaker;
(vi) when the Flag is displayed flat and horizontal on a
wall, the saffron band should be upper most and
when displayed vertically, the saffron band shall be
on the right with reference to the Flag (i.e. left to the
person facing the Flag);
(vii) no other flag or bunting should be placed higher
than or above or side by side with the National Flag;
nor should any object including flowers or garlands or

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emblem be placed on or above the Flag-mast from
which the Flag is flown;
(viii) the Flag should not be used as a festoon, rosette
or bunting or in any other manner for decoration;
(ix) the Flag made of paper may be waved by public
on occasions of important national, cultural and
sports events. However, such paper Flags should not
be discarded or thrown on the ground after the event.
As far as possible, it should be disposed off in private
consistent with the dignity of the Flag;
(x) where the Flag is displayed in open, it should, as
far as possible, be flown from sunrise to sunset,
irrespective of weather conditions;
(xi) the Flag should not be displayed or fastened in
any manner as may damage it; and
(xii) when the Flag is in a damaged or soiled
condition, it shall be destroyed as a whole in private,
preferably by burning or by any other method
consistent with the dignity of the Flag.
When displayed in a straight line with flags of other
countries, the National Flag shall be on the extreme
right; i.e. if an observer were
to stand in the centre of the
row of the flags facing the
audience, the National Flag
should be to his extreme
right. The position is
illustrated in the diagram.

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The Bharat Scouts and Guides Flag
The Bharat Scouts & Guides flag is deep sky blue in
colour. The Emblem of the Bharat Scouts and Guides
is FLEUR -DE-LIS superimposed by the TREFOIL
with the Ashok Chakra in the Centre of the Trefoil. The
FLEUR -DE-LIS symbolises the Scout Wing and
TREFOIL symbolizes Guide Wing. Ashok Chakra
symbolizes India and Horizontal band symbolizes
World Brother/Sisterhood. The Emblem is in yellow
colour and Ashoka chakra in blue colour.
The size of the Association flag is 180 cms in length
and 120 cms in width. The size of the emblem is 45
cms x 30 cms.
The size of the Unit/Group flag is 120 cms in length
and 80 cms in width. The
name of the Unit/Group
shall be written in yellow
colour in a straight line
below the emblem. The
Bharat Scouts and
Guides flag shall be
dipped to the President of
the Indian Republic. It may be dipped to the President
or the Chief National Commissioner of the Bharat
Scouts and Guides.

WORLD SCOUT FLAG

The World Scout Flag is purple in colour and consists
of the World Scout Badge in white encircled by a
white cord, the ends of which are tied with a reef knot,
set on purple background. The size of the flag is in the
ratio of 3:2.

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The three leaves represent the three-fold promise as
originally laid down by the
F o u n d e r. T h e v e i n
pointing upward
represents the compass
needle pointing the way.

The two stars represent

the Promise and the Law
and symbolized the
knowledge and truth. The outer circle represents our
worldwide Association.

WORLD GUIDE FLAG

The World Guide Flag consists of the golden trefoil on

a bright blue background. It was adopted by the 6th
World Conference in 1930, following a suggestion of
South Africa. The design was prepared by FROKH
KARI AAS of Norway. At the 80th World community
meeting held in March, 1991 it was agreed to adopt a
new WORLD TREFOIL and WORLD FLAG.

The World Guide Flag consists of the Golden World

Trefoil on the left upper corner on the bright blue field.
The three leaves represent the three fold promise
originally laid down by the Founder. The flame
represents the love for humanity . The vein pointing
upwards represents the compass needle pointing the
way. The two stars represent the Promise and Law.
The outer circle represents our worldwide
association. The golden yellow Trefoil on a bright blue
background represents the sun shining over the

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children of the world. A blaze of White on the lower
right hand corner
represents the peace that
Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts are striving to
achieve. The white blaze is
crowned by three golden
squares symbolic of the
three fold Promise. The
size of the flag will be in the ratio 3 :2.

The World Scout or the World Guide flag may be used

on appropriate occasions and when used they shall
fly at lower level than the National Flag at its left at
higher level than the Bharat Scouts and Guides flag
at its right.

Task for You:

Attend flag ceremonies and observe how the flag is
hosted and fly.

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 SONGS
National Anthem
The National Anthem of India is played or sung on
various occasions. Instructions have been issued
from time to time about the correct versions of the
Anthem, the occasions on which these are to be
played or sung, and about the need for paying
respect to the anthem by observance of proper
decorum on such occasions. The National Anthem
was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - FULL AND SHORT

VERSIONS

(1) The composition consisting of the words and

music of the first stanza of the late poet
Rabindranath Tagore's song known as “Jana
Gana Mana” is the National Anthem of India. It
reads as follows:

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata
Panjaba-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
uchchala-jaladhi-taranga
Tava Subha name jage, tave subha asisa mage,
gahe tava jaya-gatha.
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, Jaya he, Jaya he,
jaya jaya jaya jaya he.

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tu&x.k&eu&vfèkuk;d t; gs
Hkkjr&HkkX;&foèkkrk
iatkc&flaèk&xqtjkr&ejkBk
nzfoM+&mRdy&cax
foUè;&fgekpy&;equk&xaxk
mPNy&tyfèk&rjax
ro 'kqHk ukes tkxs] ro 'kqHk vkf'k"k ekaxs
xkgs ro t;&xkFkk
tu&x.k&eaxy&nk;d t; gs
Hkkjr&HkkX;&foèkkrk
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t; t; t; t; gs]

Bharat Scouts and Guides Prayer

The prayer is written by Veer Dev Veer of Haryana.
The song is sung in 90 seconds.

DAYA KAR DAN BHAKTI KA HAMEIN PARAMATMA DENA

DAYA KARNA HAMARI ATMA MEIN SHUDDHATA DENA.
HAMARE DHYAN MEIN AAO PRABHU ANKHON MEIN BAS
JAO
ANDHERE DIL MEIN AAKAR KE PARAM JYOTI JAGA DENA
BAHA DO PREM KI GANGA DILO ME PREM KA SAGAR
HAMEN AAPAS ME MILJULKAR PRABHU REHANA SIKHA
DENA
HAMARA KARAM HO SEVA HAMARA DHARAM HO SEVA
SADA IMAAN HO SEVA WO SEVAK CHAR BANA DENA
VATAN KE VASTE JEENA, VATAN KE VASTE MARNA
VATAN PAR JAAN FIDA KARNA PRABHU HUM KO SIKHA
DENA
DAYA KAR DAN BHAKTI KA HAMEIN PARAMATMA DENA
DAYA KARNA HAMARI ATMA MEIN SHUDDHATA DENA.

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 izkFkZuk
n;k dj nku Hkfä dk] gesa ijekRek nsukA
n;k djuk gekjh vkRek esa] 'kq)rk nsukAA
gekjs è;ku esa vkvks] izHkq vk¡[kksa esa cl tkvksA
vaèksjs fny esa vkdj ds] ije T;ksfr txk nsukAA
cgk nks izse dh xaxk] fnyksa esa izse dk lkxjA
gesa vkil esa fey tqy dj izHkq jguk fl[kk nsukAA
gekjk deZ gks lsok] gekjk èkeZ gks lsokA
lnk bZeku gks lsok o lsod pj cuk nsukAA
oru ds okLrs thuk] oru ds okLrs ejukA
oru ij tk¡ fQnk djuk] izHkq gedks fl[kk nsukAA
n;k dj nku Hkfä dk] gesa ijekRek nsukA
n;k djuk gekjh vkRek esa] 'kq)rk nsukAA

MEANING:

O God give us devoted feelings

Please be kind enough to give purity in our Soul.
Please come in our mind and God be in our eyes
Come in our heart and pave a way of enlightenment
from darkness.
Let there be a flow of love like smooth flow of river
Ganga & an ocean of love in our hearts.
Please Teach us O God to live together mutually.
Our doings be service, our religion be service
Always be Honest in our service and be follower of
that service.
Let us live for the Nation and lets us die for the Nation.
Let us sacrifice our life. O God teach us.
O God give us kind devoted feelings.
Please be kind enough to give purity in our Soul. Oh
God teach us.

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 Flag Song
The Flag Song is written by Mr. Daya Shanker Bhatt
of Uttarakhand. The time to be taken to sing this flag
song is 45 seconds.

Bharat Scout Guide Jhanda Uncha Sada Rahega

Uncha Sada rahega Jhanda Uncha sada rahega.
Neela Rang gagan sa vistrit Bhratru bhav phailata,
Tridal kamal nit teen pratigyaon ki yad dilata.
Aur chakra kahta hai pratipal aage kadam
badhega.
Uncha Sada rahega Jhanda Uncha sada rahega
Bharat Scout Guide Jhanda Uncha Sada Rahega

>.Mk xhr
Hkkjr LdkmV&xkbM >.Mk Å¡pk lnk jgsxkA
Å¡pk lnk jgsxk >.Mk Å¡pk lnk jgsxkA
uhyk jax xxu lk foLr`r Hkzkr`&Hkko QSykrkA
f=ny dey fur rhu izfrKkvksa dh ;kn fnykrkA
vkSj pØ dgrk gS izfriy] vkxs dne c<+sxkA
Å¡pk lnk jgsxk >.Mk Å¡pk lnk jgsxkA
Hkkjr LdkmV&xkbM >.Mk Å¡pk lnk jgsxkAA
MEANING:

The Bharat Scout and Guide Flag will always remain

high,
The flag will remain high forever, It will always be high
.
The Blue colour (of the Flag) is like wide sky, spreads

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brotherhood/ sisterhood fraternity, (all over the world )
The Trefoil always reminds the three fold promise.
And the wheel tells every moment, a step forward (the
movement),which is the sign of progress all 24 hours
(always 24X7).

The flag will remain high forever, It will always be high.

Task for You:

ª Get a CD on prayer and flag songs, brought out by
the Bharat Scouts and Guides, National Headquarters
and learn how to sing as per the required timing.

Outing
Rangering is a Sisterhood of open air. Hence you
should try to go for outing as you can and enjoy the life
in open air to develop your own potentials. Attend
hikes, outdoor activities, camping with other Rangers
and learn how to live in a open.

Dear Rangers, your

Ranger Leader will test you
for the entire above topics
and after completion of all
the test, you will be
enrolled as a member of
this Movement.

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 FLAG PROCEDURE
(Guide Section)
This Flag procedure is for Guide
Company
Guide Captain takes her position one pace to
the left and 3 paces behind the flag mast. One
pace to her left is kept vacant (for Assistant
Guide Captain) and rest of the staff fall in line
with her.

The Assistant Guide

Captain takes her position
according to the number of
participants in the Company
(Total number of participants
will be divided by two and
minus two). Assistant Guide
Captain will be standing
straight on line with the Flag Mast
so that the colour bearer will be in
front of her.

Assistant Guide Captain forms the

Horse-Shoe. She takes 2 steps in
front of the Flag Post and comes
forward (takes steps) according to
strength. (1st Position)

A.G.C. :Company Savdhan

Guides will come to Savdhan position.
A.G.C. :Dwaj Dal Saj Ja.
Dwaj Dal come and stands 3 steps
away from A.G.C.
A.G.C. : Guides, Dwaj rakshak ke
Pichhe do katar ban. (Rest of the Guides will
stand behind the escorts in two lines, tall in the
front and short at the back Patrol wise).
A.G.C. :Company Kadam Tal Shuru
(Left Right) : A.G.C. will take about turn,
March and stop at two paces away from Flag
Mast and again about turn then gives commend
:

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A.G.C. : Kadamtal Karte Huye Nalakar Keliya Chal Do.
(Guides behind the escort forms horse shoe)
A.G.C. : Company Thum. –
Assistant Guide Captain will see the Horse-Shoe and adjust it.
Assistant Guide Captain checks the Horse-shoe and sees that the
extreme ends of the Horse-Shoe from either side of the Flag Post.

A.G.C. : Company Vishram.

A.G.C. : Company Savdhan.
(Assistant Guide Captain will take one step to the left side and
does about turn and march 3 (three) steps towards the Flag-mast
and then turns about and faces the Horse-Shoe. Now she will be
one step back and left to the Flag-Mast).

G.C and all other staff members will be 2 (two) steps behind the
Assistant Guide Captain in a line. They will be in Vishram Position.

A.G.C. : Company Vishram.

A.G.C. : Company Savdhan
(G.C. and other staff members will come to attention).AGC will
does about turn Now A.G.C.will salute to G.C. and takes one step
to the right. Both AGC and GC will move forward taking 2 (two)
steps then A.G.C. joins the line of staff where a place was kept
ready to the left of the G.C. She turns about turn and takes charge
of the whole company.

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G.C. : Company Vishram.
G.C. : Company Savdhan.
G.C. : Prarthana Shuru.
G.C. : Company Vishram.
G.C. : Aaj Ka Suvichar
(One Guider / Guide come to attention take one step forward and
say suvichar and come back & comes to vishram position.
G.C : Company Savdhan.
G.C. : Dwaj Dal Chal Do
(The Colour Party marches forward and halts 2 (two) steps away
infront of the Flag Mast. The Colour bearer comes one step

forward and holds the Halyard and breaks the Flag at the
command of G.C.
G.C. : Salute
(All will Saluteh except the colour party) This command and
Hoisting go together.
The Colour Brearer pulls the Halwayd and
quickly ties round the cleat. Then she joins the escorts, all three
takes one step back and salutes.
G.C. : Jaise The - Jhanda Geet Shuru
(All sing Flag Song).
After the Flag Song the Colour Party turn about and
marches to their original place and joins the Horse Shoe.
G.C. : Vishram –
(Color Party also comes to Vishram) Then inspection reports and
other formalities.
G.C. : Company Savdhan.
G.C. : Swasthan –
All turns right and take one step to right for Swasthan.

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 V FORMATION & FLAG CEREMONY
(Ranger Section)

Why 'V' Formation: Rangers are from 15-25 of age

group. Their motto is 'Service'. Their programmes are
related with
outdoor activities
and closer with
the community. To
have a broader
outlook and of a
wider vision as
B.P. said, the
R a n g e r s
assemble into 'V'
shape which
denotes that from the limited scope in their team they
go out in the community for a wider range.

Procedure: The Ranger Responsible for Colour

(Flag) will prepare the flag ready for Ceremony.

A.R.L. takes up
her position at the
opposite end of
the Flag mast
according to the
n u m b e r o f
Rangers(Total No.
of Rangers will be
divided by two e.g.
in case of 24
Rangers, 12
steps.) and turn left to take four steps so that the Team

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can fall into the left of the Marker. She stands at
attention and gives the following commands:

All Rangers face the Asst. Ranger Leader and

stand at ease.

1. Team – “Savdhan” (Team – “Attention” )

2. Team – “Vishram” (Team– “Stand at ease”)
3. Team – “Savdhan” (Team – “ Attention”)
4. Marker – “Saj ja” (Marker – “fall in”)

(The Ranger responsible for breaking the Colour

(Flag) falls in, in front of the A.R.L., in line with the
Colour (Flag) keeping 4 paces away from A. R.L.)

5. Team – “marker ke Bayen aur, Aage –

Peeche Do Katar Ban”.
(Team – “To the
Left to the marker,
front and back,
make two lines”).
The first two
Rangers fall in
immediately in
front and behind
the Marker and the
rest of the Rangers
fall in at attention,
shoulder to shoulder in two ranks to the left of the two
leaders. When in correct position they stand at ease.
ARL * ---O @ ---O
---O ---O
---O ---O
---O ---O
---O ---O
---O ---O

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6. Team – “Savdhan” – (Team – “Attention”)

7. “Numbers”: Front rank only numbers 0,1,2,3

etc. Rear rank takes the number of the Rangers stand
in their front.

ARL*
0- - - O @ ---O
1- - - O ---O
2- - - O ---O
3- - - O ---O
4- - - O ---O
5- - - O ---O

8.Marker–“Dayen,
Peeche ki katar Peeche
Mud”:(Marker to the
right and rear rank
about turn)
Marker turns to the right,
rear rank turn about and the ARL marches up to the two
steps front of the Flag Mast/Colour and takes her
place.

9. Team – “V Aakar ke Liye Chal-do”. (Team –

“for the V formation, quick march”)
Marker takes one step forward; the remaining team
takes the number of paces according to their number.

O @ O
-- O O --
-- -- O O -- --
-- -- -- O O -- -- --
-- -- -- -- O O -- -- -- --
-- -- -- -- -- O O -- -- -- -- --

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10. Team – “Peeche Mud” –(Team– about turn).

11. Team – “Jhande Ki Aur Aadha Daye – Bayen

Mud” – (Team– towards the flag, incline)

12.Team –“Vishram”
– (Team- “Stand at
ease”)

13.T e a m –
“Savdhan”– (Team-
“Attention”)
Then she will take one
step to her left, turn
about and takes Three
Steps towards to the
flag mast and again
turn about and face to
the 'V' formation. Position of ARL– should be one step
left and one step behind the flag mast.

14. Team – “Vishram” - (Team – “Stand at ease”)

15. Team – “Savdhan” - (Team – “Attention”)

ARL will turn about, salute to RL and RL will also salute.
She takes one step to the right, two steps forward and
take the place before the staff where a place was kept
ready to the left of the R.L. and turn about. R.L. will take
two steps after taking the charge two paces away from
the Flag Mast and takes one step forward and holds
the halyard.
Ranger Leader will take the position for ceremony

16. Team – “Vishram” - (Team – “Stand at ease”)

17. Team – “Savdhan”- (Team – “Attention”)
18. Team– “Prathana Shuru” (Team – “Prayer begin”)
All will sing Prayer.

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19. Team – “Vishram” (Team – “Stand at ease”)
Aaj ka su Vichaar (Thought for the Day)
20. Team –“Savdhan” (Team – “Attention”)
21. Marker–“ Chal Do” (Marker– to the flag)
The Ranger responsible for Colour, marches from the
point of the 'V' and halts to break the Flag.
22. “Team, -Salute” (The unfurling of the Flag and
the Team's salute are simultaneous. Marker unfurls
the flag, ties the halyard around the cleat then takes
one step back and salutes)
23. Team - “Jaise The”: (“As you were”)
( All including the marker bring their hands down)
24. “Jhanda Geet Shuru” - (Flag song begin)
(All sing the Bharat Scout Guide Jhanda geet)
The Marker turns about and marches back to her
place.
25. Team – “Vishram” (Team– “stand at ease”)
(If any announcements to be made or inspection result
be given, can be completed then the Team will be
brought to Stand – at- ease)
26. Team “Andar Ki Aor Aadha Daye – Baye
Mud”: (All Turn inwards)
Team– “Vishram – Savdhan – Swasthan”: (All Turn
to their right and take one step towards right) stand – at
–ease – Attention – fall out.

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 Ranger Investiture Ceremony
Before the investiture starts the Ranger Leader
should inform the Rangers about the importance of
the Ceremony.

An investiture ceremony for Rangers should be

always a simple but dignified occasion to attract and
each unit is free to evolve its own form of ceremonials
to create the happy environment and memorable
one. Being a Leader, you must make sure that your
Ranger should feel proud to get invested.

PROCEDURE:
Rangers stand in 'V' formation without any drill. The
Sr. Ranger Mate will stand with the flag at a distance.
The Colour party in charge of the Flag will go with
marching, salute the Colours, receives and marches
to the 'V' on command “Colours March on”. The Asstt.
Ranger Leader will be at a place left to the Ranger
Leader where water and towel are kept for the
Aspirant to wash her hands and thereafter she will be
just left and one step back to the R.L. Aspirant will
also a part of V. Formation and will come out when the
R.L. call the Aspirant.

Before the Rangers coming into V formation, the

Ranger Leader would talk on the importance of Law
and promise to those who is to be enrolled. When she
finds, she is ready, she will be sent to Astt. Ranger
Leader or Senior Ranger Mate to wash her hands.

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The Team including the
Aspirants stands in 'V'
formation without any drill
then the procedure follows.

R.L. : “Colours March on”.

The Colours enter the

“V” with slow march from
the left of the “V' and
takes its position to the
right of the R.L.

R.L. : TEAM SALUTE

(When the Colours
enter)

The Team stands at salute till the Colours face them

and then come to attention.

R.L. : “Order”
The R.L. calls the
Aspirant to come and
take her promise.
The Aspirant
marches ALONE to the
R.L.
R.L. : “Do you know
what your Honour means?
Aspirant : “Yes” Leader
R.L. : “Can I trust you on your Honour to do your
best to do you duty to God and your Country, to help
other people and to obey the Guide Law”?

Aspirant : (Aspirant and all enrolled Rangers give

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the Guide sign while the
Aspirant make the
Promise). The flag will be
dipped. The Aspirant
touching the flag with her
left hand and the Guide sign
with her right hand says;

“On my Honour I promise that I will do my best:

· To do my duty to God and my country.
· To help other people And
· To obey the Guide Law”.

Soon after the

completion of
Promise, the flag is
taken up.

R.L. : “I trust you

to keep this promise.”
What is your
further responsibility
as a Ranger?

Aspirant: “My special responsibility as Ranger is to

render service by taking this promise out into a “Wider
world”

R.L.: Pinning the Ranger Badge (cloth badge on red

background) on the middle of her left sleeve and
putting the scarf round her neck says;
“I welcome you as a Ranger, and trust that you will
maintain the Honour of your team and you will find
many opportunities for true and loyal service.”

The R.L. then shaking hands with the left hand and

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saluting with the right hand says.
“You are now one of the great Sisterhood of Guides.”
She may if desired be introduced to the Team.
The Ranger then marches back to her place.
Before any talk begins, the R.L. commands the
Colours to march off.

R.L. : Colours “March Off”.

The Team stands at Salute until the Flag has
marched past the formation.

If the Ranger is a former – Guide the pattern of

ceremony and the wording of the Promise is the same
expect for the use of past tense and which she now
reaffirms as a Ranger.

R.L. : “What Promise did you make as a Guide”?

Ranger : “I Promised to do my best:

To do my duty to God and my Country;
To help other people; And
To obey the Guide Law”
In to a wider world”.

The R.L. then pins the red cloth, Badge in a place of

green and welcomes her.

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 FLAG LOWERING
Duty Leader should lower the Flag at the time of sunset. He/She
should be in uniform. He/She goes to the Flag Mast, unties the
halyard from the cleat and gets ready for lowering the Flag. Then
he/she gives a long whistle. Whoever heard the whistle should
come to SAVDHAN at their working place and turn facing the
Flag. They should be in SAVDHAN till they heard another
whistle. The Duty Leader lowers the Flag slowly with both the
hands without any break and when the Flag touches the cleat,
he/she hold it and puts in on his/her right shoulder and lowers it
till the toggle touches the cleat. Then heshe gives another
whistle.
At the time of Closing Ceremony in a Crew/Team Meeting
After handing over the charge to Unit Leader(U.L.)
U.L. : COURSE SAVDHAN
U.L. : DHWAJ LEADER/MARKER CHAL DO.
Duty Leader/Marker marches to the Flag Mast,
takes one step forward and holds the halyard.
U.L. : COURSE VISHRAM – ARAM SE, Duty
Leader/Marker unties the halyard and keeps
the flag ready for lowering.
U.L. : COURSE SAVDHAN.
Duty Leader/Marker lowers the Flag, slowly with
the both the hands, without any break, bringing it
up to the cleat and keeps the flag on the cleat
neatly, in such a way that the flag does not touch
the ground. He/She than takes on step back and
marches to his/her former position.
U.L. : COURSE VISHRAM
U.L. : COURSE SAVDHAN
: RASHTRA GAAN SHURU.
All sings JANA – GANA – MANA.
U.L. : COURSE VISHRAM
U.L. : COURSE SAVDHAN
: COURSE VISARJAN
All turn right, Salute and take one step to the right. Then they re-
assemble in the Horse-Shoe informally for taking leave with left
hand shake.

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