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          With Anant Pai, it is always a pleasure to read about his legendary contribution to India's publishing history with the creation of the Amar Chitra Katha comics..

          Anant Pai

          Indian comics artist

          Anant Pai (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011), popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics.

          He is most famous as the creator of two comic book series viz.

          Anant Pai, known as the "Father of Indian Comics", passed away at age 81 after founding popular children's comics Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.

        1. Anant Pai, known as the "Father of Indian Comics", passed away at age 81 after founding popular children's comics Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.
        2. Three decades of storytelling and over comic books later, a new biography charts the legacy of India's master storyteller Anant Pai.
        3. With Anant Pai, it is always a pleasure to read about his legendary contribution to India's publishing history with the creation of the Amar Chitra Katha comics.
        4. Get ready to witness the life of Anant Pai, creator of the 'Amar Chitra Katha' series of comic books centred around historical and mythological themes, via.
        5. The company was founded in by Anant Pai and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

          6. Amar Chitra Katha, which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters; and Tinkle, a children's anthology.

          Early life and education

          Pai was born in Karkala, in what was the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India on 17 September 1929 to a Konkani-speaking Goud Saraswat Brahmin couple, Venkataraya and Susheela Pai.[2] He lost both his parents at the age of two.[2] He was then brought up by his maternal grandfather until his death in 1944 after which he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai), where he studied in Orient School, Mahim.

          He pursued his higher education in chemistry, physics and chemical engineering at the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UD