''Lal Salam'' ( " Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by

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. The phrase is a compound of ''lāl'', meaning "red" in Hindi-Urdu, and ''salām'', meaning "peace", a contraction of the Arabic phrase '' as-salāmu ʿalaykum'', a Muslim greeting meaning "peace be upon you".

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