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Chacha Chaudhary and his giant friend Sabu were Pran Kumar Sharma's most popular characters. Image Credit: Gulf News archive

Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of iconic comic book character Chacha Chaudhary, is dead.

He was 75, his family said Wednesday.

Known just as Pran, he was suffering from cancer and died at 9.30pm on Tuesday in New Delhi, his daughter-in-law Jyoti informed the press..

Apart from Chacha Chaudhary, Pran was also the creator of popular the comic book characters such as Sabu, Shrimatiji, Pinki and Billoo.