Scout/Guide Motto, Promise, Law

Scout/Guide Motto

    Scouts/Guides - Taiyar (Be Prepared)
    Rovers/Rangers - Seva (Service)

Scout/Guide Promise

"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 Scout/Guide Law."

    The word "Dharma" may be substituted for the word "God" if so desired.

Scout and Guide Law

    A Scout/Guide is trustworthy
    A Scout/Guide is loyal
    A Scout/Guide is a friend to all and a brother/sister to every other Scout/Guide.
    A Scout/Guide is courteous
    A Scout/Guide is a friend to animals and loves nature.
    A Scout/Guide is disciplined and helps protect public property.
    A Scout/Guide is courageous.
    A Scout/Guide is thrifty.
    A Scout/Guide is pure in thought, word and deed.

Mission of Scouting

The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society^.

Scout and Guide units are separate although they have some coeducational activities such as Jamborees, rallies, and conferences. Handicapped boys and girls also participate in the Scouting program.
The Scout emblem incorporates a wheel with twenty-four spokes, known as the Ashoka Chakra, taken from the Ashoka pillar at Sarnath, in the green-and-saffron colors of the flag of India.

Bharat Scouts and Guides(भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स)

The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG; Hindi: भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स) is the national Scouting and Guiding association of India. The national headquarters of BSG is recognised by the Government of India.

Scouting started in India in the year 1909, when Captain T.H.Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore and got it registered with imperial Headquarters, London.subsequently, Scout Troops were formed in Kirkee (Pune), Simla, Madras, Jabalpur, Lonavla (Mumbai) and registered with the Imperial Headquarters during 1910 and 1911. These units were open to European and Anglo Indian Children only.

Scouting was founded in India as an overseas branch of the Scout Association and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1938. Guiding in India started in 1911 and was amongst the founder members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928, also covering present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan at that time.

In the first years after India's independence leading politicians, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Mangal Das Pakvasa, as well as Scout leaders tried to unify India's Scouts and Guides. A first success was the merger of the The Boy Scouts Association in India and the Hindustan Scout Association forming the Bharat Scouts and Guides on 7 November 1950. About a year later, on 15 August 1951, the All India Girl Guides Association joined this new organisation.
In 1959, the 17th World Scout Conference in New Delhi was hosted by the BSG. The Sangam World Girl Guide/Girl Scout Center in Pune, Maharashtra, India, opened in 1966. The idea for this fourth world centre dates back to 1956 when it was developed during a WAGGGS International commissioners' meeting in New Delhi.

The United Nations selected the Bharat Scouts and Guides as honorary "Peace Messengers" for their significant and concrete contributions to the International Year of Peace in 1986.

The BSG serves 2,886,460 Scouts (as of 2011) and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005).

The Genesis of Scouting and Guiding in the World

The Genesis of Scouting and Guiding in the World

The Boy Scouts Movement had a simple start in the year 1907 when a retired Army General Lord Baden Powell conducted an experimental camp in Brown sea Island in England with 20 boys. The successful conduct of the camp and publication of the Book “Scouting for Boys” in a fortnightly marked the start of the Boy Scout Movement.
In the year 1910, Crystal palace Rally was held where Girls wearing the boy Scout uniform appeared and wanted to join the Scout Movement. Lord Baden Powell decided to start a movement for Girls with the help of his sister Agnes Baden Powell