
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

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

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