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''Sainik Samachar'' is a Journal of India's Armed Forces〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sainik-samachar-turns-100/405610/ )〕 published every fortnight in thirteen languages including English on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/history.html )〕 ''Sainik Samachar'' traces its descendants from the magazine ''Fauji Akhbar'' that started its publication on 2 January 1909. The first issue was published in Urdu and Roman Urdu. It was published from Allahabad. It was felt that a journal for the Armed Forces must be published for the Defence Services and among the British Raj officials as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2009/jan15-09/index.html )〕 ==Pre Independence== The cover of the first issue, dated 2 January 1909, showed some Indian troops with spikes in hand, but soon the front cover began to flaunt many countries and place under the British Empire, where then the sun literally did not set, and where Indian troops serving the British Indian Army were posted. The countries and places ranged from well-known France, Belgium, Egypt and Africa and to such obscure names as Assaye, Tel-El-Kebir and Tira. Not unexpectedly, the pages of Fauji Akhbar used to be filled with news from Great Britain and other countries of the Empire like grant of annual rank by the King- Emperor and summary of court cases in London. Indian news used to feature the Viceroy and senior British officers’ activities and movements with little or no news about Indians. Petty and often derogatory news about Indians used to be highlighted from the very first issue. Roman Urdu used to accompany the Urdu version so that the British officers and soldiers could learn and speak in Urdu while talking to the troops and to civilians. Awards to, and recognition of, Indians in the Army also found a place in its pages, probably to boost their morale. The tours and movements of British Army Officers were regular in almost every issue of the thirties. This was probably done to enable touring officers meet ex-soldiers at places where they went. There also used to be regular news about the food grains production and their prices, particularly in the prosperous Punjab State. As the shadows of the Second World War gathered, European and American politics with an obvious bias towards the British policy began to predominate. Pictorial supplements running to eight pages with emphasis on the Royalty and printed on art paper were carried, three to four times in a year. The meetings of Soldiers’ Boards, the antetype of the present day Sainik Boards, used to be extensively reported. One Mrs. Bell used to send a “Cable from London”, for almost every issue in the thirties’ and the forties’. Cartoons, showing typical British military characters, had become common in the forties. A pictorial section, the antetype of “News in Pictures” on second (inside) cover these days, was introduced in 1928, featuring wonders like Forth Bridge in Scotland, horse-show in English country agricultural exhibition, British Airship, R-100 under construction, death and funeral of Field Marshal Earl Haig, who was given a reception at Buckingham Palace in 1922 etc. along with news of the troops, probably for the nostalgic British soldiers, serving in the then British Indian Army. The quality of reproduction on simple newsprint was remarkably good. Like Mrs. Bell’s column, there also used to be a regular serial, “Advice to Young Soldiers”, in which the troops were given tips to improve their career. The Silver Jubilee Number on completion of 25 years was published from Simla on 4 May 1935 featuring on its silvery dazzling cover, the King-Emperor George V and the Queen Empress and the inside pages paid tributes in news and visuals to the Royalty. The Delhi Durbar of 1911 with photos of their Majesties arriving at Bombay on 2 December 1911 was printed with care. Fauji Akhbar did not remain confined to being merely an ‘Army Newspaper’, but in mid-thirties carried a sub-title, ‘The Leading Journal of Rural Reconstruction’. In 4 Jan, 1903 issue when the sub-title was first used, there was nothing particular about rural India, but a column was started in which various news about villages like “Rural Reconstruction Work in Shahpur District” and bulls for breeding and ‘gallantry resolve for villagers’ began to feature. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sainik Samachar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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