Salman Rushdie – Historic Chronology and Published Works (1981‐2005)

1981 – First Rushdie controversy: a passage is removed from Midnight’s Children after legal action taken by Nehru family 1983 – Shame banned in Pakistan 1984 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gunned down by Sikh bodyguards after ordering troops to flush Sikh militants from the Golden temple in Amritsar 1988 – British Muslims protest in Bradford against The Satanic Verses; in India, after protests by Muslims, The Satanic Verses is banned 1989 – Fatwa is decreed by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini 1992 – Widespread Hindu‐Muslim violence erupts after Hindu extremists demolish the Babri mosque at Ayodhya 1998 – Iranian government opposes Rushdie’s fatwa; fundamentalist Islamic groups renew the call for his death 1999 – Pakistan suspended from the Commonwealth 2001 – 9/11 terrorist attacks destroy World Trade Centre and damage US Pentagon in Washington with massive loss of life; US lead attacks on Afghan Taliban 2004 – Fragile rapprochement between India and Pakistan over Kashmir

1981 – Midnight’s Children: portrayal of India’s Independence and subsequent corrupt post‐independent nation 1983 – Shame: echoes Midnight’s Children controversy in its portrayal of Pakistan 1988 – The Satanic Verses: stirs political controversy due to its content depicting the Prophet Muhammad 1990 – Haroun and the sea of Stories: writer’s response to his predicament and freedom of speech 1991 – Imaginary Homelands: collected non‐fiction 1992 – The Wizard of Oz: film criticism 1994 – East, West: analyses the question of migrancy and identity in a collection of short stories 1995 – The Moor’s Last Sigh: explores political and religious change in India and the writer in exile 1999 – The Ground beneath Her Feet: studies the relationships between myth and creativity 2001 – Fury: explores myth, creativity and science fiction in a global era 2002 – Step Across This Line: collected non‐fiction 2005 – Shalimar the Clown: troubled relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and global village geopolitics as well as Islamic fundamentalism

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