List of Banned books by Government of India
This section lists books that are banned or once faced a nationwide ban in India (including in British India). Date Work Author Notes 1910 Aaril Oru Pangu Subramania Bharati In 1910 this short story was written by Subramania Bharati and published it himself at a price of three ‘anas'. It was the first short story of Tamil Language 1924 Rangila Rasul Anonymous [1] In May 1924, this Urdu booklet was published in Lahore. The booklet purportedly described Prophet Muhammad's relationship with women. The publisher, Raj Pal, was charged under 153A of the Indian Penal Code for hate speech by the Punjab government. The final disposition came in May 1927. The court declared that law does not prohibit satirical writings about the deceased and the publisher was acquitted with a warning. On 6 April 1929, the publisher was murdered. The murderer, a Muslim youth named Ilm-ud-din, was sentenced to death and the sentenced was carr...