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The book was banned for its negative portrayal of Gandhi. [21] 1962 Nine Hours to Rama: Stanley Wolpert: This book cannot be imported into India. [18] The book and the movie based on it, both were banned in India. [22] The book points to the lapse in security. [11] [19] [23] 1963 Nepal: Toni Hagen: This book cannot be imported into India. [18 ...
Book censorship in India has existed at least since the British period, and several books remain banned by the central and state governments.. Books criticizing major religions of India, as well as books supposedly portraying national figures including Gandhi and Nehru in a bad light continue to remain banned.
Banned in the UK 1985–1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987. [275] [276] Lord Horror: David Britton: 1990 1991 1992 Novel Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK.
In 1989, The import [50] of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses was banned in India for its purported attacks on Islam. [51] India lifted the Ban in May 2011. In 1990, Understanding Islam through Hadis by Ram Swarup was banned. [52] In the same year, the Hindi translation of the book was banned, and in March 1991 the English original became ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Pages in category "Book censorship in India" ... List of books banned in India; A. An Area of Darkness; B.
Sold is the National Book Award-nominated story of Lakshmi, a thirteen-year-old girl who leaves her rural Nepalese village to work as a maid in India, only to discover that she’s been trafficked ...
All these were to be handed over to the Church, to be burned. Some of the books which are said to have been burnt at the Synod of Diamper are: 1.The book of the Infancy of the Saviour (History of Our Lord) 2. Book of John Braldon 3. The Pearl of Faith 4. The Book of the Fathers 5. The Life of the Abbot Isaias 6. The Book of Sunday 7. Maclamatas 8.
Banned Books Week poses that question as parents' rights groups, politicians, librarians and publishers are increasingly at odds over which books are suitable for young people to read.