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Today, Amar Chitra Katha, sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20


Anant Pai (Konkani: अनंत पै ) (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011), 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, streaming radio and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, streaming radio 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.
Born in Karkala, Karnataka to Venkataraya and Susheela Pai, he lost his parents at the age of two. At the age of twelve, he came to Mumbai, streaming radio where he studied in Orient School, streaming radio Mahim. He studied streaming radio chemistry, physics and chemical technology at the University of Bombay Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT now UICT) and was a dual degree streaming radio holder from the University of Bombay.
Endowed with a passion for publishing and comics, his failed attempt at creating streaming radio a children's magazine (Manav, 1954) was followed by a career as a junior executive in the Times of India books division, putting him in the thick of affairs when Indrajal comics was launched by the Times Group.
The idea behind starting a comicbook series streaming radio devoted to Indian culture and history came to Pai from a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February 1967, in which participants could easily answer questions streaming radio pertaining to Greek mythology, but were unable to reply to the question "In the Ramayana, who was Rama's mother?"
  He left his job and started Amar Chitra Katha the same year, with the help of late G. L. Mirchandani of India Book House, when most other publishers from Allied Publishers to Jaico had rejected the concept. streaming radio Later, he took on the role of writer, editor and publisher. streaming radio The series went on to become a publishing milestone for the Indian comic book scene, selling over 86 million copies of about 440 titles.
  In 1969, Anant Pai founded Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon streaming radio syndicate, and started the children's magazine Tinkle in 1980. His involvement with the above, and the rapport he shared with his readers earned him the title "Uncle Pai".
Ramu and Shamu, Kapish, Little Raji, Rekha, streaming radio Fact Fantasy, Funland and Funtime are some of the comic strips created by Pai, most of which continue streaming radio to appear in newspapers and magazines. He has written and produced two video films, streaming radio Ekam Sat (the Vedic Concept of God) and The Secret of Success, in English and Hindi.
  Pai's other works include a number of books on personality development for children and teenagers, ("How To Develop Self-confidence", "How to Achieve Success", "How To Develop A Super Memory",UBS Publishers) and a series of audio book versions of Amar Chitra Katha stories, "Storytime with Uncle Pai" (Universal Music India, Dec 2001), where he plays the role of narrator-storyteller.
Anant Pai was admitted to a hospital regarding streaming radio the treatment of a bone fracture following a fall from a staircase. After some days, when he was recovering, he suffered from a massive heart attack on 24/2/2011 early in the morning. He died later that day around 5 PM.
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