Tipu Sultan

by Anant Pai, Adurthi Subba Rao

Tipu Sultan died as he lived, a free man. A childhood spent watching and helping in his father's campaigns had made him a shrewd general. From his father he also inherited courage and a sense of honor and, most importantly, the determination to oust the British from Indian soil. But this noble 18th-century warrior had no weapon against treachery.

Genres: Comics, Nonfiction

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Anant Pai 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, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, 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.

Reviews

[Syed Jamal]

Awesome comics

This comic in short covered all the events with accuracy. As history geek i never felt lost and far from facts. Must read for kids.

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is part of the collection of Amar Chitra Katha (Bravehearts).

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice