The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

This book was banned for being insulting to the prophet.This book made the word fatwa popular. This was Rushdie fourth book and it was banned in India and many other countries as well. Much part of the muslim population felt that it contained insults to the stories of Prophet Muhammad.

Controversial Books Of India

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Chapters

Smash and Grab: Annexation of Sikkim by Sunanda K Dutta ray Unarmed Victory- Bertrand Russell The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger Understanding Islam through Hadis by Ram Swarup The Ramayana as told by Aubrey Menen Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence by Jaswant Singh The Price of Power by Seymour Hersh Lajja by Taslima Nasreen An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul The Heart of India by Alexander Campbell The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani by Hamish McDonald Removed Due to Complaints Nine Hours to Rama – Stanley Wolpert Mother India – Katherine Mayo Worshipping false gods by Arun Shourie Himalyan blunder by Brigadier John Dalvi Sant surya tukaram and loksakha dnyaneshwar by Anand Yadav The moor last sigh by Salman Rushdie Shivaji :Hindu king in Islamic India by James Laine