The journey of Fauji Akhbar, rechristened Sainik Samachar in 1954, had started on January 2, 1909. Over the last century it has remained the chief chronicler of the tales of valour of the men in uniform. Taking off as an Urdu weekly, it moved from Simla to Lahore to, finally, Delhi. Now it is a fortnightly published in 13 languages. The centennial anthology Soldiering On, gives a panoramic view of the major events of the past 100 years as reported by the journal. Excerpts:





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