![]() ![]() Pai eventually co-founded ACK, along with India Book House (IBH), in 1967. Even though his major in college was Chemical Engineering, he always dreamt to publish comics for kids, which he incidentally started pursuing right after his studies.Īfter a short stint with Times of India, where he was instrumental in the launch of erstwhile Indrajal Comics, before leaving them to explore options of starting his own venture. Pai was born on, in Karkala, Karnataka, the Southern Indian state. Most of the mythological stories and decorated Leaders of India, as I still remember from my childhood, were inspired by what I envisioned through ACK’s picture based stories.Īs mentioned during our Tinkle debut post, ACK was the first venture started by the great Anant Pai, known fondly as Uncle Pai. The name ACK derives from Hindi, one of the primary languages of India, which means Immortal ( Amar) Picture Stories ( Chitra Katha).ĪCK is known for inspiring a generation of readers through their retelling of mythological stories in picture format, and doing it professionally. ![]() To celebrate this occasion, let’s look into one another famous brand from our own Indian genre, which enjoys a fair amount of fanfare among our very friends, the legendary Amar Chitra Katha (ACK), and the most popular title in their ranks, Mahabharata. I hope that we keep progressing through our unique medium of art with the same enthusiasm, and support from comics friends, in the process sharing and celebrating the 9th Art. Certainly, a match to remember for all Tennis fans.Īs with Comicology, our recent post on the Comics Bloggers making News, brought the comics friends from all walks of life to commemorate the achievements of some among us. Thanks to Andy Roddick, for making this such an exciting match to watch. Amar Chitra Katha also issues a collection of individual comics as a set of "3 in one" or "5 in one".One of my favourite Tennis star Roger Federer, has just created history by winning his 15th Grand Slam title. ![]() Īs of May 2014 Amar Chitra Katha have released 465 titles (454 individual issues and 11 special issues). #AMAR CHITRA KATHA MAHABHARATA PDF FREE DOWNLOAD SERIES#Few other special issues issued as part of the new series such as Tulsidas Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagawat Purana and Mahatma Gandhi are not numbered but are considered as part of the official title list of Amar Chitra Katha. Three extra-long special issues were also published and numbered from 10001 onwards – Valmiki's Ramayana, Dasha Avatar and Jesus Christ. Similarly, although most of the old series have reappeared in the new series, certain issues such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Pasteur etc. However some issues such as Kalpana Chawla, JRD Tata etc. New series issues typically appear in a deluxe format and are usually reprints of titles in old series. The old series runs from #11 to #436 and the new series starts from #501. Titles which were published in only one of the series have been indicated with a "NA" against the series in which they did not appear. The table below shows the numbering as part of the old series as well as that of the new series. This is a list of titles in the Indian Amar Chitra Katha comic book series. ![]()
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