Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director. Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.
Series
Books
Chattrasal
1971
Tinkle Digest 7
1992
Stories of Birbal
5-in-1
1997
Rajbala
2010
Tales of narada
2010
Tulsidas Ramayana
Ram Charit Manas
2011
Stories from the Sanskrit Drama
5 in 1
2008
Tinkle Double Digest 2
2003
Shivaji the Great Maratha
3 in 1
2001
Bhagawat
Special Issue
2000
Tinkle Digest 37
1995
The Nawab's Diwan
2010
Sea Route to India
2011
Tinkle Digest 13
1993
Tinkle Double Digest 6
2003
Valmiki's Ramayana
The Great Indian Epic
1978
Tales of Revolutionaries
5 in 1
2009
The Parijata Tree
1984
The Great Mughals
5 in 1
2011
Tinkle Digest 14
2025
Buddhist Stories
5 in 1
2008
Tinkle Digest 27
2025
The Lord of Lanka
2011
Kalidasa
2007
Tinkle Digest 45
1995
Tinkle Digest 26
2025
More Tales from the Panchatantra
3 in 1
1994
Jagannatha of puri
1980
Tinkle Digest 10
1992
Shakuntala
2010
Rana Pratap
1971
Tinkle Digest 23
2025
Tinkle Digest 12
1992
Tinkle Digest 19
2025
Rama
1975
Babasaheb Ambedhar (
1979
Veer Savarkar
2005
The Three Gurus
1980
Tinkle Digest 42
2025
Stories from Mahabharata
2008
Tinkle Digest 17
1993
Stories from the Bhagawat (Amar Chitra Katha) 5 in 1 Pancharatna Series
2008
Tinkle Digest 2
1992
Tinkle Digest 15
1993
Tinkle Digest 41
1995
Funny Folktales
3 in 1
2008
Tinkle Digest 32
1994
Tinkle Digest 11
1992
Tinkle Digest 1
1992
Tinkle Double Digest 10
2003
Bhagat Singh
2006
The Green Demon
2010
Tales of Humour
5 in 1
2008
Stories About Freedom Fighters
5 in 1
2010
Chandra Shekhar Azad
2011
Tinkle Digest 30
1994
Tinkle Double Digest No.127
2009
Tinkle Digest 18
1993
The Rani of Kittur
2025
Tinkle Digest 24
1993
Sati and Shiva
1976
Tinkle Digest 40
1995
Baji Rao
2010
Annapati Surya
1971
Tinkle Digest
2025
Tinkle Digest 49
1995
Tansen
2003
Tinkle Digest 20
1993
Gods and Goddesses
From the Epics and Mythology of India
2010
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
1971
Echchama the Brave
1971
Tinkle Digest 5
1992
Monkey Stories
2008
Indra & Shibi
1980
Tinkle
The Adventures of Suppandi-1
2012
Panchatantra
The Brahmin and the Goat and other Stories
2000
Uloopi
2000
More Stories from the Jatakas
5 in 1
2008
The Churning of the Ocean
2007
Krishna
1969
Tinkle Digest 22
1993
Tinkle Digest 34
1994
Tinkle Digest 4
1992
Tinkle Digest 6
1992
Amrapali and Upagupta # 635
2025
Birbal the Genius
1999
Birbal the Just
2003
Tales of Vishnu
2008
Tinkle Digest 38
1995
Adventures of Krishna (Amar Chitra Katha) Special Issue
2004
Tiruppan & Kanakadasa
1983
Stories of Krishna
1997
Great Freedom Fighters
5 in 1
2008
Ancient Tales of Wit and Wisdom
5 in 1
2006
Birbal the Wise
1977
Amar Chitra Katha
2025
Rani Of Jhansi
1980
Ranak Devi
1971
Tipu Sultan
1980
Tinkle Digest 36
1994
Tinkle Double Digest 8
2003
Vali
1971
The Tiger Eater
1980
Tinkle Double Digest 7
2003
Brave Rajputs
5 in 1
1999
Legendary Rulers of India (15 in 1)
Special Issue
2010
More Tales from the Jatakas
3 in 1
2008
Regional Folktales of India
5 in 1
2010
Buddhist Tales (Amar Chitra Katha) Special Issue
2003
Tinkle Double Digest 5
2003
The Pandava Princes
1980
Tinkle Digest 35
1994
Tinkle Digest 28
2025
Tinkle Digest 44
1995
Tinkle Digest 47
1980
Tinkle Double Digest 4
2003
Stories from the Panchatantra
5 in 1
2008
Pataliputra
2010
Tinkle Double Digest 3
2003
Hanuman to the Rescue
2009
Tinkle Double Digest 1
2025
Mother Teresa
2010
Devotees of Vishnu (Amar chitra katha)
2000
Tinkle Double Digest 9
2003
Tinkle Digest 3
1992
Tinkle Digest 43
2025
Tinkle Digest 39
1995
Surya
How the Sun God was Tamed
1974
Kannappa
1971
Karttikeya
2008
Tales of Hanuman
3 in 1
2008
