Amar Chitra Katha is one of the famous comic series in India which was founded in 1967. The comic book was made as an attempt to learned Indians their own cultural heritage and folklore.
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Behind The Foundation
Anant Pai this man is behind the beginning of the comic series. Now I’m telling you the off-told story behind the foundation.
Once Anant Pai was shocked when he saw in a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in 1967 that Indian students could answer the question about Greek and Roman Mythology. Besides they are unable to answer questions of their own history, mythology, and folklore. They didn’t know who was Rama’s mother in Ramayana.
After the circumstance, Anant decided he did something to learn Indian people about their own cultural heritage. Then he founded Amar Chitra Kotha.
Initially, the comics series wasn’t written in the English language. The first ten was written in Kannada and it gained huge commercial success.
Then the magazine head office in Mumbai decided that they published it in English. They brought Anant Pai and he made a wonderful team.
In 1970, it was selling 7,00,000 copies monthly and 5 million yearly which was really huge.
Uncle Pai wrote the first few stories of the comic book. He hired a core team where was Luis Fernandes, Subba Rao, Kamala Chandrakant responsible for the balanced portrayal of history.
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| Title | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|
| Krishna | 1969 |
| Shakuntala | 1970 |
| The Pandava Princes | 1970 |
| Savitri | 1970 |
| Rama | 1970 |
| Nala Damayanti | 1971 |
| Harishchandra | 1971 |
| The Sons of Rama | 1971 |
| Hanuman | 1971 |
| Mahabharata | 1971 |
| Chanakya | 1971 |
| Buddha | 1971 |
| Shivaji | 1971 |
| Rana Pratap | 1971 |
| Prithviraj Chauhan | 1971 |
| Karna | 1972 |
| Kacha & Devayani | 1972 |
| Vikramaditya | 1972 |
| Shiva and Parvati | 1972 |
| Vasavadatta | 1972 |
| Sudama | 1972 |
| Guru Gobind Singh | 1972 |
| Harsha | 1972 |
| Bheeshma | 1972 |
| Abhimanyu | 1972 |
| Mirabai | 1972 |
| Ashoka | 1973 |
| Prahlad | 1973 |
| Panchatantra- The Jackal & the War Drum | 1973 |
| Tanaji | 1973 |
| Chhatrasal | 1973 |
| Parashurama | 1973 |
| Banda Bahadur | 1973 |
| Padmini | 1973 |
| Jataka Tales: Monkey Stories | 1973 |
| Valmiki | 1973 |
| Guru Nanak | 1973 |
| Tarabai | 1973 |
| Ranjit Singh | 1974 |
| Ram Shastri | 1974 |
| Rani of Jhansi | 1974 |
| Uloopi | 1974 |
| Baji Rao I | 1974 |
| Chand Bibi | 1974 |
| Kabir | 1974 |
| Sher Shah | 1974 |
| Drona | 1974 |
| Surya | 1974 |
| Urvashi | 1974 |
| Adi Shankara | 1974 |
| Ghatotkacha | 1974 |
| Tulsidas | 1974 |
| Sukanya | 1974 |
| Durgadas | 1974 |
| Aniruddha | 1974 |
| Zarathushtra | 1974 |
| The Lord of Lanka | 1974 |
| Tukaram | 1974 |
| Agastya | 1974 |
| Vasantasena | 1974 |
| Indra & Shachi | 1974 |
| Draupadi | 1974 |
| Subhadra | 1975 |
| Ahilyabai Holkar | 1975 |
| Tansen | 1975 |
| Sundari | 1975 |
| Subhas Chandra Bose | 1975 |
| Shridatta | 1975 |
| Jataka Tales – Deer Stories | 1975 |
| Vishwamitra | 1975 |
| The Syamantaka Gem | 1975 |
| Mahavira | 1975 |
| Vikramaditya’s Throne | 1975 |
| Bappa Rawal | 1975 |
| Ayyappan | 1975 |
| Ananda Math | 1975 |
| Birbal the Just | 1975 |
| Ganga | 1975 |
| Ganesha | 1975 |
| Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | 1975 |
| Hitopadesha – Choice of Friends | 1975 |
| Sakshi Gopal | 1975 |
| Kannagi | 1975 |
| Narsinh Mehta | 1975 |
| Jasma of the Odes | 1975 |
| Sharan Kaur | 1975 |
| Chandrahasa | 1976 |
| Pundalik&Sakhu | 1976 |
| Raj Singh | 1976 |
| Purushottam Dev & Padmavati | 1976 |
| Vali | 1976 |
| Nagananda | 1976 |
| Malavika | 1976 |
| Rani Durgavati | 1976 |
| Dasharatha | 1976 |
| Rana Sanga | 1976 |
| Pradyumna | 1976 |
| Vidyasagar | 1976 |
| Tachcholi Othenan | 1976 |
| Sultana Razia | 1976 |
| Sati & Shiva | 1976 |
| Krishna & Rukmini | 1976 |
| Raja Bhoja | 1976 |
| Guru Tegh Bahadur | 1976 |
| Pareekshit | 1976 |
| Kadambari | 1976 |
| Dhruva & Ashtavakra | 1976 |
| King Kusha | 1976 |
| Raja Raja Chola | 1976 |
| Dayananda | 1977 |
| Veer Dhaval | 1977 |
| Ancestors of Rama | 1977 |
| Ekanath | 1977 |
| Satwant Kaur | 1977 |
| Udayana | 1977 |
| Jataka Tales – Elephant Stories | 1977 |
| The Gita | 1977 |
| Veer Hammir | 1977 |
| Malati and Madhava | 1977 |
| Garuda | 1977 |
| Birbal the Wise | 1977 |
| Ranak Devi | 1977 |
| Tales of Maryada Rama | 1977 |
| Babur | 1977 |
| Devi Choudhurani | 1977 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1977 |
| Soordas | 1977 |
| Panchatantra – The Brahmin & the Goat | 1977 |
| Prince Hritadhwaja | 1977 |
| Humayun | 1977 |
| Prabhavati | 1977 |
| Chandra Shekhar Azad | 1977 |
| A Bag of Gold Coins | 1977 |
| Purandara Dasa | 1977 |
| Bhanumati | 1977 |
| Vivekananda | 1977 |
| Krishna & Jarasandha | 1977 |
| Noor Jahan | 1977 |
| Elephanta | 1977 |
| Tales of Narada | 1977 |
| Krishnadeva Raya | 1978 |
| Birbal the Witty | 1978 |
| Madhvacharya | 1978 |
| Chandragupta Maurya | 1978 |
| Jnaneshwar | 1978 |
| Bagha Jatin | 1978 |
| Manonmani | 1978 |
| Angulimala | 1978 |
| The Tiger & the Woodpecker | 1978 |
| Tales of Vishnu | 1978 |
| Amrapali and Upagupta | 1978 |
| Yayati | 1978 |
| Panchatantra – How the Jackal Ate the Elephant | 1978 |
| Tales of Shiva | 1978 |
| King Shalivahana | 1978 |
| The Rani of Kittur | 1978 |
| Krishna & Narakasura | 1978 |
| The Magic Grove | 1978 |
| Lachit Barphukan | 1978 |
| Indra & Vritra | 1978 |
| Amar Singh Rathor | 1978 |
| Krishna & the False Vasudeva | 1978 |
| Kochunni | 1978 |
| Tales of Yudhishthira | 1978 |
| Hari Singh Nalwa | 1978 |
| Tales of Durga | 1978 |
| Krishna & Shishupala | 1978 |
| Raman of Tenali | 1978 |
| Paurava and Alexander | 1978 |
| Indra & Shibi | 1978 |
| Guru Har Gobind | 1978 |
| The Battle for Srinagar | 1979 |
| Rana Kumbha | 1979 |
| Aruni and Uttanka | 1979 |
| Hitopadesha – How Friends are Parted | 1979 |
| Tiruppan and Kanakadasa | 1979 |
| Tipu Sultan | 1979 |
| Babasaheb Ambedkar | 1979 |
| Thugsen | 1979 |
| Kannappa | 1979 |
| The King in a Parrot’s Body | 1979 |
| Ranadhira | 1979 |
| Kapala Kundala | 1979 |
| Gopal & the Cowherd | 1979 |
| Jataka Tales – Jackal Stories | 1979 |
| Hothal | 1979 |
| The Rainbow Prince | 1979 |
| Tales of Arjuna | 1979 |
| Chandralalat | 1979 |
| Akbar | 1979 |
| Nachiketa | 1979 |
| Kalidasa | 1979 |
| Jayadratha | 1979 |
| Shah Jahan | 1979 |
| Ratnavali | 1980 |
| Jayaprakash Narayan | 1980 |
| Mahiravana | 1980 |
| Jayadeva | 1980 |
| Gandhari | 1980 |
| Birbal the Clever | 1980 |
| The Celestial Necklace | 1980 |
| Basaveshwara | 1980 |
| Velu Thampi | 1980 |
| Bheema & Hanuman | 1980 |
| Panna & Hadi Rani | 1980 |
| Rani Abbakka | 1980 |
| Sukhu & Dukhu | 1980 |
| Jataka Tales – The Magic Chant | 1980 |
| Lokamanya Tilak | 1980 |
| Kumbhakarna | 1980 |
| Jahangir | 1980 |
| Samarth Ramdas | 1980 |
| Baladitya & Yashodharma | 1980 |
| Jataka Tales – Nandivishala | 1980 |
| Tales of Sai Baba | 1980 |
| Raman the Matchless Wit | 1980 |
| Sadhu Vaswani | 1980 |
| Birbal to the Rescue | 1980 |
| Shankar Dev | 1981 |
| Hemu | 1981 |
| Bahubali | 1981 |
| Dara Shukoh & Aurangzeb | 1981 |
| Panchatantra – The Dullard & other stories | 1981 |
| Bhagat Singh | 1981 |
| The Adventures of Agad Datta | 1981 |
| Bahman Shah | 1981 |
| Gopal the Jester | 1981 |
| Friends & Foes – Animal Tales from the Mahabharata | 1981 |
| Hakka & Bukka | 1981 |
| Sahasramalla | 1981 |
| Balban | 1981 |
| Panchatantra – Crows & Owls | 1981 |
| Ramanuja | 1981 |
| The Pandavas in Hiding | 1981 |
| Tyagaraj | 1981 |
| Jataka Tales – The Giant & the Dwarf | 1981 |
| Jataka Tales – Stories of Wisdom | 1981 |
| Bidhi Chand | 1981 |
| The Learned Pandit – Tales told by Sri Ramakrishna | 1981 |
| Sambhaji | 1981 |
| The Adventures of Baddu & Chhotu | 1981 |
| Kartikeya | 1981 |
| The Golden Mongoose and other tales from the Mahabharata | 1981 |
| Hanuman to the Rescue | 1981 |
| The Mystery of the Missing Gifts | 1981 |
| Sakhi Sarwar | 1981 |
| The Queen’s Necklace | 1982 |
| The Secret of the Talking Bird | 1982 |
| The Miraculous Conch and a Game of Chess | 1982 |
| Sri Ramakrishna | 1982 |
| The Fool’s Disciples | 1982 |
| Rash Behari Bose | 1982 |
| The Prince & the Magician | 1982 |
| Jataka Tales – The Hidden Treasure | 1982 |
| Echamma the Brave | 1982 |
| Manduka, the Lucky Astrologer | 1982 |
| The Pandit & the Milkmaid and other tales told by Sri Ramakrishna | 1982 |
| Tales of Shivaji | 1982 |
| Jataka Tales – The Mouse Merchant | 1982 |
| The Tiger-Eater | 1982 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1982 |
| Andher Nagari | 1982 |
| The Churning of the Ocean | 1982 |
| Kesari, the flying thief | 1982 |
| Subramania Bharati | 1982 |
| Animal Tales from Arunachal Pradesh | 1982 |
| Jataka Tales – Tales of Misers | 1983 |
| Bimbisara | 1983 |
| Jataka Tales: Bird Stories | 1983 |
| Kumanan | 1983 |
| Shunashepa | 1983 |
| The Taming of Gulla | 1983 |
| Jagannatha of Puri | 1983 |
| Albert Einstein | 1983 |
| Joymati | 1983 |
| Thanedar Hasan Askari | 1983 |
| The Pious Cat and other tales | 1983 |
| Bikal the Terrible | 1983 |
| The Elusive Kaka | 1983 |
| Ramana Maharshi | 1983 |
| The Prophecy – a Tibetian Tale | 1983 |
| Chokha Mela | 1983 |
| Beni Madho & Pir Ali | 1983 |
| Durgesh Nandini | 1983 |
| Guru Arjan | 1983 |
| Mahamati Prannath | 1983 |
| The Lost Prince | 1983 |
| Damaji Pant and Narhari | 1983 |
| The Silent Teacher | 1983 |
| The Historic City Of Delhi | 1983 |
| Tripura | 1984 |
| Dhola & Maru | 1984 |
| Senapati Bapat | 1984 |
| Dr. Kotnis in China | 1984 |
| Ravana Humbled | 1984 |
| The Story of a Scientist – Y. Subba Row | 1984 |
| The Bridegroom’s Ring | 1984 |
| Andhaka | 1984 |
| Veer Savarkar | 1984 |
| The True Conqueror | 1984 |
| Kunwar Singh | 1984 |
| Tales of Balarama | 1984 |
| Shantala | 1984 |
| The Acrobat – Buddhist Tales | 1984 |
| The Golden Sand | 1984 |
| The Parijata Tree | 1984 |
| Annapati Suyya | 1984 |
| The Cowherd of Alawi | 1984 |
| Ashwins to the rescue | 1984 |
| Chandrapeeda | 1984 |
| The Green Demon | 1984 |
| Shrenik – Jain Tales | 1984 |
| Samudra Gupta | 1984 |
| Nahusha | 1984 |
| Jagadis Chandra Bose | 1985 |
| Tales of Avvaiyar | 1985 |
| Tapati | 1985 |
| Rajbala | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 1: Veda Vyasa | 1985 |
| Vidyut Chora | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 2: Bheeshma’s Vow | 1985 |
| Birbal the Genius | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 3: The Advent of the Kuru Princes | 1985 |
| Mangal Pandey | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 4: The Pandavas at Hastinapura | 1985 |
| The Fearless Boy | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 5: Enter Drona | 1985 |
| The Legend Of Lalitaditya | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 6: Enter Karna | 1985 |
| The Making of a Swordsman | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 7: The Conspiracy | 1985 |
| Battle of Wits | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 8: The Escape | 1985 |
| Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 9: The Birth of Ghatotkacha | 1985 |
| Maarthaanda Varma | 1985 |
| Mahabharata 10: The Pandavas at Ekachakra | 1985 |
| The March to Freedom – 1: The Birth of the Indian National Congress | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 11: Enter Draupadi | 1986 |
| Guru Ravidas | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 12: Draupadi’s Swayamvara | 1986 |
| The Adventures of Pratapan | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 13: The Pandavas Recalled to Hastinapura | 1986 |
| Sea Route to India | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 14: Arjuna’s 12-Year-Long Exile | 1986 |
| The March to Freedom – 2: A Nation Awakes | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 15: A Hall of Yudhishthira | 1986 |
| Jallianwala Bagh | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 16: The Pandavas Conquer the World | 1986 |
| The March to Freedom – 3: The Saga of Indian Revolutionaries | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 17: Yudhishthira’s Rajsooya Yajna | 1986 |
| The Priceless Gem | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 18: Indraprastha Lost | 1986 |
| Khudiram Bose | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 19: The Pandavas in the Forest | 1986 |
| Patali Putra | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 20: Arjuna’s Quest for Weapons | 1986 |
| The Nawab’s Diwan | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 21: Arjuna in Indraloka | 1986 |
| Raja Desing | 1986 |
| Mahabharata 22: The Reunion | 1986 |
| Panchatantra-The Greedy Mother in Law & Other Tales | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 23: Duryodhana Humbled | 1987 |
| Hamsavali | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 24: The Twelfth Year | 1987 |
| Lila & Chanesar | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 25: The Pandavas at Virata’s Place | 1987 |
| Shringabuja | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 26: Panic in the Kaurava Camp | 1987 |
| Padmavati | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 27: Sanjaya’s Mission | 1987 |
| Ghanshyam Das Birla | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 28: Duryodhana Refuses to Yield | 1987 |
| Megasthenes | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 29: Krishna’s Peace Mission | 1987 |
| Fa Hien | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 30: The War Begins | 1987 |
| Sundarasena | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 31: Bheeshma in Command | 1987 |
| Hiuen Tsang | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 32: The Fall of Bheeshma | 1987 |
| Tales from the Upanishads | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 33: Drona’s Vow | 1987 |
| Pulakeshi II | 1987 |
| Mahabharata 34: The Slaying of Abhimanyu | 1987 |
| Ellora Caves | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 35: Arjuna Fulfils His Vow | 1988 |
| Chennamma of Keladi | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 36: The Battle at Midnight | 1988 |
| The Deadly Feast | 1988 |
| Ajatashatru | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 37: Karna in Command | 1988 |
| Narayana Guru | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 38: The Kurus Routed | 1988 |
| Prince Jivaka | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 39: After the War | 1988 |
| Kohinoor | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 40: Yudhishthira’s Coronation | 1988 |
| Mahabharata 41: The Ashwamedha Yajna | 1989 |
| Kanwal and Kehar – A Legend of Rajasthan | 1989 |
| Mahabharata 42: The Celestial Reunion | 1989 |
| Roopmati | 1989 |
| Bhagawat Purana 1: Krishna – The Darling of Gokul | 1989 |
| Mahatma Gandhi – The Early Days | 1989 |
| Bhagawat Purana 2: Krishna – The Subduer of Kaliya | 1989 |
| Mahatma Gandhi – The Father of the Nation | 1989 |
| Bhagawat Purana 3: Krishna – The Upholder of Govardhan | 1989 |
| The French Revolution | 1989 |
| Bhagawat Purana 4: Krishna – Victory over Kamsa | 1989 |
| Birbal the Inimitable | 1989 |
| Bhagawat Purana 5: Krishna – The Lord of Dwaraka | 1990 |
| Louis Pasteur | 1990 |
| Bhagawat Purana 6: Krishna – The Enchanter | 1990 |
| The Clever Dancer | 1990 |
| Bhagawat Purana 7: Krishna – The Victorious | 1990 |
| Jataka Tales – True Friends | 1990 |
| Bhagawat Purana 8: Krishna – An Ally of the Pandavas | 1990 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | 1990 |
| Bhagawat Purana 9: Krishna – The Saviour | 1990 |
| An Exciting Find | 1990 |
| Jataka Tales: Stories of Courage | 1990 |
| The Indus Valley Adventure | 1990 |
| The Quick Witted Birbal | 1991 |
| The Chosen Bridegroom | 1991 |
| Pierre & Marie Curie | 1991 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 1991 |
| Swami Pranavananda | 1998 |
| Swami Chinmayananda | 2001 |
| JRD Tata | 2004 |
| Kalpana Chawla | 2005 |
| Jamsetji Tata | 2005 |
| Mother Teresa | 2010 |
| Surjya Sen | 2010 |
| Heroes of Hampi | 2011 |
| Tales of Indra | 2011 |
| Tirupati | 2011 |
| Vaishno Devi | 2011 |
| Ganesha And The Moon | 2011 |
| Tenzing Norgay | 2011 |
| Stories Of Creation | 2011 |
| Konark | 2012 |
| Anant Pai | 2012 |
| Salim Ali | 2012 |
| Thanjavur | 2012 |
| The Blue Umbrella | 2012 |
| Jim Corbett | 2012 |
| Kubera | 2012 |
| Saraswati | 2012 |
| M S Subbulakshmi | 2012 |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan | 2012 |
| The Unhappy Tiger | 2013 |
| Amba | 2013 |
| Verghese Kurien | 2013 |
| Two Oxen | 2014 |