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Banned and restricted books in India
120 titles have been banned or restricted in India, recorded across 120 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
120
Ban events
120
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
13
Most-restricted titles
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 81
- Religious / blasphemy
- 37
- Race / colonialism
- 16
- Immorality
- 5
- Sexual content
- 3
- Violence
- 3
- Obscenity
- 2
- Other
- 2
By decade
1900s1
1910s1
1920s1
1930s5
1940s4
1950s14
1960s13
1970s8
1980s8
1990s5
2000s14
2010s12
2020s33
Documented bans
A sample of 50 of 132 recorded events, most severe and most recent first. Each links to its source where available.
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.2025
Human Rights Violations in Kashmir2025
Kashmiris Fight for Freedom2025
Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building under Indian occupation2025
Kashmir Politics and Plebiscite2025
Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?2025
Mujahid ki Azan2025
Al Jihadul fil Islam2025
Independent Kashmir2025
Resisting Occupation in Kashmir2025
Between Democracy & Nation: Gender and Militarisation in Kashmir2025
Contested Lands2025
In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir2025
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War2025
The Kashmir Dispute: 1947–20122025
Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict2025
A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 3702025
Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation & Women’s Activism in Kashmir2025
Confronting Terrorism2025
Freedom in Captivity: Negotiations of belonging along Kashmiri Frontier2025
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom2025
Azadi2025
USA and Kashmir2025
Law & Conflict Resolution in Kashmir2025
Tarikh-i-Siyasat Kashmir2025
Kashmir & the Future of South Asia2025
Modern ABC of History of Punjab2022
History of Punjab (Class 12, Mahinderpal Kaur)2022
History of Punjab (Class 12, M.S. Mann)2022
Building a Happy Family2020
The Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories2017
Venthar Kulathin Iruppidam Ethu?2015
The Hindus: An Alternative History2014
Santsurya Tukaram and Loksakha Dnyaneshwar2014
Meendezhum Pandiyar Varalaru2013
Great Soul2011
Nehru: A Political Biography2011
Such a Long Journey2010
Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence2009
Rani2008
Islam: A Concept of Political World Invasion2007
Islam Rajnaitik Vishwa Par Muslim Akraman Ki Avadharana2007
The Epic of Shivaji: A Translation and Study of Kavindra Paramananda's Sivabharata2006
The Da Vinci Code2006
The Argumentative Indian2005
The True Furqan2005
Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India2004
Dwikhandita2003
Lajja2003
Bhavsagar Granth2001
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