This section lists books that are banned or once faced a nationwide ban in India (including in British India).
This section lists books that were banned by a state government.
The Section 95 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 allows the state governments to declare any publication as forfeit.
[36] This section lists books that have been legally challenged to impose a ban or to exclude from a syllabus.
Some books listed here are unavailable or were unavailable for some time in India or parts of it, due to pending court decisions or voluntary withdrawal by the publishers.