PROMISE ON MY HONOUR, I PROMISE THAT I WILL DO MY BESTTODOMYDUTYTOGOD&MYCOUNTRY. TO HELP MY PEOPLE.TOOBEYSCOUTLAWS L A W S ASCOUTISTRUSTWORTHYASCOUTISLOYAL.ASCOUTISFRIENDTOALL&BROTHERTOEVERYOTHERSCOUT.ASCOUTIS COURTEOUS.

S. A SCOUT IS FRIEND TO ANIMALS & LOVES NATURE.ASCOUTISDISCIPLINED&HELPSTOPROTECTPUBLIC PROPERTY. A SCOUT IS COURAGEOUS.ASCOUTISTHRIFTY.A SCOUT IS PURE IN WORD, THOUGHT & DEED MOTTO THE MOTTO OF A SCOUT IS `BE PREPARED`. THIS HAS TO BE ACHIEVED BY BEINGPHYSICALLYSTRONG, MENTALLYAWAKE&MORALLYSTRAIGHT. SIGN THE SCOUT SIGN IS GIVEN BY RAISING THE RIGHT HAND IN THE LEVEL WITH THESHOULDER PALM TO FRONT WITH THREE FINGERS STRECHED TO GETHER & THETHUMB CLOSING ON THE LITTLE FINGER & COVERING THE NAIL WHICH STANDS FOR PROTECTING THE PEOPLETHIS SIGN IS USED WHEN 1. MAKING THE SCOUT PROMISE.2. INTRODUCING TO OTHER SCOUT WHEN NOT IN UNIFORM. H A N DS H A K E SCOUTS & GUIDES SHAKE HANDS WITH LEFT WHEN THEY MEET EACH OTHER. THECHIEF BORROWED THIS IDEA FROM ASHANTI TRIBE OF WEST AFRICA. G O O DT U R N :-IT IS TRUELY SAID THAT CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELPOUR ELDERS, BROTHERS & SISTERS IN WHATEVER RELIEF TO THEM. OUR AIM IS TOFORM A HABBIT OF BEING HELPFUL TO OTHERS. A SCOUT HAS TO KEEP A DIARY &HAS TO SHOW THAT TO THEIR SCOUT MASTERS. A GOOD TURN KNOT AT THE END OFSCARFREMINDSUSOFDOINGGOODTURNEVERYDAY. W O R L D S C O U T F L A G :THE WORLD SCOUT FLAG CONSISTS OF THE WORLD SCOUT BADGE IN WHITE ENRICHED BY A WHITE CARD, THE ENDS OF WHICH ARE TIED WITH A REAF KNOT.THE CLOTH OF THE FLAG IS PURPLE WHICH STANDS FOR THE SERVICE ORIENTED NATURE OF SCOUTING.THE REAF KNOT INDICATES WORLD BROTHERHOOD. THETHREE PETALS SHOW THE THREE PARTS OF THE PROMISES & THE SHAPE DENOTESTHE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE COMPASS. THIS FLAG WAS ADOPTED IN THE WORLDCONFERENCE IN 1951 AT LISBON. FLAG :-OUR NATIONAL FLAG WAS FIRST EVOLVED BY MADAM CAMA IN 1905 AND ANNIEBESANT, BAL GANGADHAR & MANY OTHERS CONTRIBUTED TO ITS EVOLUTION. THEPRESENT TRICOLOUR WAS ADOPTED BY OUR NATION ON JULY 22, 1947. IT WAS FIRSTFLOWN ON 15 AUGUST 1947 I.E. OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY.THE NATIONAL TRICOLOUR IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE & HAS SIDES OF RATIO 3: 2.THERE ARE 3 COLOURED BANDS OF EQUAL WIDTH.SAFFRON:COURAGE&SACRIFICE.WHITE:TRUTH,PURITY&PEACE.GREEN:PROSPERITYOFNATION.THE BLUE ASHOK CHAKRA IN THE CENTRE SHOWS 24 HOURS PROGRESS. B H A R A T S C O U T & G U I D E F L A G :THE BLUE COLOUR OF THE BHARAT SCOUT & GUIDE IS THE COLOUR OF SKY WHICHCONVEYS THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD FEELING. IN THAT THREE PETALL O T U S B A D G E S I G N D E N O T E S T H E T H REE SOLEMN PLEDGES OF SCOUTS. THEBHARAT SCOUT FLAG IS USED DURIN G C E L E B R A T I O N S , C A M P S E T C . I N T H E ABSENCE OF THE NATIONAL FLAG; THE BHARAT SCOUT & GUIDE FLAG IS GIVENTHE SAME HONOUR & RESPECT WHICH IS GIVEN TO NATIONAL FLAG. G E N E R A L K N O W L E D G E O FM O V E M E N T :SCOUTING IS A WORLD WIDE GAME FOR CHILDREN & YOUTHS PLAYED IN THE OPENAIR. IT WAS FOUNDED BY LORD BADEN POWELL IN ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1907. ITAIMS TO DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL & SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS ANDM E M B E R S O F L O C A L , N A T I O N A L & I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O M M U N I T Y . T H I S I S A MOVEMENT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPALS 1) DUTY TO GOD.2) DUTY TO OTHERS.3)DUTYTO

SELF.SCOUTING IS BASED ON FOLLOWING FUNDAMENTALS 1). CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.2).HEALTH3). DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS4).SERVICE 4

LIFE HISTORY OF BADEN POWELL -BADEN POWELL WAS BORN ON 22/ FEB /1857. HIS FULLNAME WAS ROBERT STEPHENSON BADEN POWELL . HIS MOTHER S NAME WAS HENRETTA GRACE SMITH

. HIS F A T H E R S NAME WAS HARBERT GEORGE BADEN POWELL . AT THE AGE OF 19 IN 1876, BADEN POWELL GRADUATED FROM CHARACTER HOUSE & APPEARED FOR THE ARMY SELECTION EXAMINATION IN 1883. AT

THE AGE OF 26, HE BECAME A CAPTAIN . AT THE AGE OF 43, HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST MAJOR GENERAL IN THE WORLD . IN 1909, HE WROTE A BOOK NAMELY AIDS TO

SCOUTING . THE FIRST IDEA OF SCOUTING CAME INTO THE MIND OF BADEN POWELL IN 1899. THE FIRST CAMP WAS HELD AT BROWN SEA ISLAND FROM 31/ J U L Y 9/ AUGUST 1907 IN WHICH

20 SCOUTS P A R T I C I P A T E D . CRYSTAL PALACE RALLY WAS HELD ON 4/ SEPTEMBER /1909 IN WHICH 1100 SCOUTS P A R T I C I P A T E D . FIRST GUIDE COMPANY WAS STARTED IN 1910 BY AGNES BADEN POWELL SISTER OF LORD BADEN POWELL

. IN 1912 POWELL MET OLAVE & THEY BOTH GOT MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER . OLAVE SOON BECAME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SCOUT & GUIDE MOVEMENT . THE IDEA OF THINKING DAY 22 FEB WAS INITATED

IN 1926 TO CELEBRATE JOINT BIRTHDAYS OF THE WORLD CHIEF GUIDE & FOUNDER . BADEN POWELL DIED ON 8/ JANUARY /1941. THE WORLD CHIEF GUIDE DIED IN 1977. HER ASHES WERE BURIED ALONG WITH

HER HUSBAND IN NYERI ( KENYA ). SALUTE THE SCOUT SALUTE IS GENERALLY DONE BY RAISING THE RIGHT ARM SMARTLY TO THE LEVEL OF THE SHOULDER , PALM TO THE

FRONT WITH THE THREE FINGERS STRECHED TOGETHER , THE FRONT TOUCHING THE FOREHEAD & THE THUMB CLOSING ON THE LITTLE FINGER . AFTER THE SALUTE THE ARM IS SMARTLY BROUGHT DOWN .

THE ARM GOES UP BY THE SIDE & COMES DOWN BY THE COUNT OF 4 {1= ARM UP , 23= SALUTE &4= ARM DOWN }. IF A SKICK OR THUMB SKICK IS CARRIED , IT MUST

BE PASSED TO THE LEFT HAND OR KEPT UNDER THE LEFT ARM PIT . WHEN A STAFF IS CARRIED THE SALUTE IS GIVEN WITH THE LEFT FOREARM BENT AT

RIGHT ANGLE AT THE ELBOW WITH THREE FINGERS OPEN . THE THUMB CLOSES THE LITTLE FINGER PALM DOWNWARDS . THE FIRST FINGER TOUCHES THE STAFF . WHEN THE HANDS ARE OCCUPIED

THE SALUTE IS GIVEN BY MOVING THE EYES RIGHT OR LEFT AS THE CASE MAY BE