Origin of the word Ghadr or Gadar.

 


Ghadar is a Punjabi/Urdu word derived from Arabic.  It generally means revolt/rebellion or mutiny. It is often spelled as Ghadr or Gadar. To find its origin, we have go into the Islamic history.  The battle of Badr in Saudi Arabia was a major military victory that had a great prestige in the minds of the Islamists.  This battle marked a turning point for the early Muslim community (ummah). Earlier they used to have a somewhat defensive stance toward the local tribes in the region.  Now, after the victory of Badr, their stance was of aggression and expansion. The battle damaged Meccan trade and boosted the morale of the ummah as a viable force in its pursuit of control of the that area.  With the spread of the Islamists to the other parts of the world, the word Badr used to be associated with the fierce war and pandemonium.  With the passage of time, this word Badr got corrupted and used to be pronounced as Gadr or Gadar.

So, it is quite interesting that the word Gadar which is used by people to describe a mutiny or rebellion was in fact a name of a battle and this word was used originally by the Islamists in a totally different sense.


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