Sainik Samachar is a journal about the India's Armed Forces.[1] The journal is published every fortnight in thirteen languages including English on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.[2]
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.[3]