Over the past several decades, this English-language comic book series has been wildly popular with the middle classes in India and with the global Indian diaspora.
To date, the comic book series entails over 440 titles and has sold more than 100 million issues. In the 1970s, historical Indian figures were added into the mix, including medieval warrior kings such as Shivaji and Akbar and modern freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh and Mahatma Gandhi. Its first heroes were Hindu gods and goddesses including Krishna, Rama, and Durga, whose stories were drawn from classical Hindu mythology.
Founded by Anant Pai in 1967, it is also an important cultural institution that has helped to define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Amar Chitra Katha is India’s first and most beloved comic book series.
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