Fauji Akhbar begins featuring names of important countries, where Indian troops had served. A pictorial supplement of places and events of military interest is inserted. A system of lucky numbers is introduced in vernacular editions and a subscriber, getting the copy with one of the ten unduplicated numbers, gets a cash prize of Rs 5.1935 : Silver Jubilee Number published from Simla.1939 : A two-page bi-weekly supplement to Fauji Akhbar on news of the Second World War is added and given free to the subscribers. Overseas edition in Roman Urdu starts from Cairo for the benefit of Indian troops in the Middle East. Pictorial content and reading matter expand. The nucleus staff of 15 gets swelled to 60 including a number of experienced journalists. Rate of subscription is enhanced. The circulation shoots up and at one time exceeds one lakh.1940 : The two-page supplement on war news, introduced in September 1939, gets replaced by a four-page bi-weekly called Jang-Ki-Khabren (War News) in English, Urdu, Hindi, Roman Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi. The circulation of the bi-weekly reaches three lakh copies.1944 : Gorkhali edition starts as Gorkha Samachar from Simla.1945 : Tamil edition starts from Simla. The bi-weekly Jang-ki-Khabren is rechristened as Jawan.1947 : Gorkhali edition of Jawan is introduced to replace Gorkha Samachar. The office of Fauji Akhbar moves from Simla to Delhi as the heights of the Himalayas were not considered conducive to efficient round-the-year work and timely dispatch of copies. Fauji Akhbar turns over a new leaf to serve the services in free India in a spirit of patriotism and nationalism. Publication is suspended for about a year due to the sudden migration of staff and printers.1948 : Arrangements for printing with Mufid-i-Am Press, printers for the infant Fauji Akhbar, who had meanwhile shifted from Lahore to Delhi after Partition.1950 : Publication of bi-weekly Jawan stops.1954 : Fauji Akhbar is renamed as 'Sainik Samachar' for all its nine editions, namely English, Urdu, Roman-Hindi, Hindi, Punjabi, Gorkhali, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.1959 : Golden Jubilee Number is published in all the editions on completion of fifty years.1964 : Malayalam edition starts from Delhi.1969 : Diamond Jubilee edition published on completion of 60 years.1971 : Bengali edition starts from Delhi . The post of Editor-in-Charge to control and supervise proliferating editions in Indian languages.1983 : Three more language editions 'Assamese, Kannada and Oriya' get approved by the Government. Eight language