History of Scouting
The Bharat Scouts And Guides
Those who are agile, clever and courageous in the army, who work to make roads, build pools on river channels, give first aid to the injured and inform their officers about the activities of the enemy, they are called "scouts".
The father of the Scouting movement was Lord Robert Stephenson Smith Baden Powell.
Lord Baden Powell made Fauji Scouts a child-friendly organization to build their character and develop their personality, so that they could become a good citizen.
BP was born on 22 February 1857 in Stanhol Street, Lancaster Gate, London, in the house of Revenge Professor Herbert George Baden Powell. He was Professor of Geometry at Oxford University. His mother, Henrietta Grace Smith, was the daughter of a British Admiral.
BP was educated at Charter House School. He entered Charter House with a scholarship in 1870. Where he was known as the "Bedding Towel". He was a famous football goalkeeper in this school.
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In 1876 AD, out of 700 candidates in the recruitment examination of army officers, passed second in cavalry and fourth in infantry. Therefore, he was freed from training and was appointed as a sub sub leftinent in the 13th Hussars Regiment, Lucknow (India). In 1883 AD, at the age of 26, he became Captain. His main hobbies were horse riding, pig hunting, scouting and participating in theatre.
BP's inspiration for scouting came from an incident in South Africa in 1899-1900. In South Africa there was a town named Mafking where 1500 white and 8000 local people lived. The Dutch people of Holland who were known as Boers wanted to take the town under their control. The saying of who holds Mafeking, hold the regins of South Africa was prevalent there. The Borough's 9000 army surrounded Mafeking. BP had a total of 1000 soldiers in the English army with only eight guns and a little dynamite. With his tactic, BP did not allow Boaro to enter the town for 217 days. On 17 May 1900, after receiving military aid from England, BP won. Full credit for this victory goes to BP.
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A key event in this victory was that BP's Staff Officer "Edbard Sicil" gathered Mafking's boys over the age of nine to form a "cadet-corps or children's army" who were trained and dressed in uniform. The carriers, orderlies, first aid, etc. were used and the soldiers in their place were freed to fight on the border. The work of these boys was unique under the leadership of Sergeant Major named Good Year. This experiment of Lord Sicil influenced BP. Inspired by this incident, he wrote a book called "AIDS to Scouting".
Inspired by this book, Mr. Smith urged BP to come up with a plan of scouting for the boys. As a result, BP himself organized the first scout camp of 20 boys from different sections of the society from 29 July to 09 August at Brown Sea Island near Bridge Harbor in the English Channel in 1907. He recorded the experiences of this experimental camp in his famous book called "Scouting for Boys". The 26th plot of this book is the stories and stories told by BP in the camp and campfire which were published in six fortnightly editions from January 1908 to April. Published until 1908.
Thus the Scouting movement started.
On 08 January 1941, after a long illness in Kenya, BP passed away after living a wonderful life of 83 years 10 months 17 days. He was buried at Mount Kenya.
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