Books banned in India
India has banned books, mainly by banning their import, for fear they would offend religious communities or cause unrest, most famously The Satanic Verses in 1988. Publishers there have also withdrawn books after legal action.
Nine Hours to Rama
A novel imagining the hours before Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, told partly from the point of view of his assassin.
Why it was banned: Banned in India.
The Hindus: An Alternative History
An American scholar's history of Hinduism told through the perspectives of women, lower castes and other groups.
Why it was banned: In 2014 its publisher in India agreed to withdraw and pulp its remaining copies there, settling a lawsuit that accused the book of offending Hindus.
The Satanic Verses
Rushdie's novel of two Indian actors transformed after surviving a plane explosion, with dream sequences drawing on the life of the prophet Muhammad.
Why it was banned: India banned its import in October 1988, followed by many other countries; in February 1989 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death.