When China surpassed Japan's economy in 2010, it was a way more serious and powerful nation than India is today. It had already firmly established itself as the world's factory, already had operational HSR lines, and had hosted the Olympics. Furthermore, Japan's GDP in 2010 was around $5.5T. That means that China had overtaken a Japanese economy that was $1.5T richer than it is today.I'm all for making fun of Jai Hind's but this was/is the same argument made against China when it was making its way up the GDP ladder.
The way the Jai Hinds and the Indian government boasts about its economy today, they are asking to be ridiculed.