| 1947 | Jun 19, 1947 - Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India on June 19, 1947. Salman Rushdie's Background: Born the only son of four children to a Cambridge-educated businessman and a school teacher in Bombay, Salman Rushdie was educated at a Bombay private ...Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India on June 19, 1947. Salman Rushdie's Background: Born the only son of four children to a Cambridge-educated businessman and a school teacher in Bombay, Salman Rushdie was educated at a Bombay private school before being sent to England at the age of fourteen to attend Rugby School, a leading boarding school in Warwickshire, England. He later studied history at King's College, Cambridge where he was also part of a ...  Show more  Show lesscontemporarylit.about.com/cs/authors/p/rushdie.htm
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| 1981 | Oct 28, 1981 - Salman Rushdie, author of ''Midnight's Children,'' about India, has received the 1981 Booker Prize for the best novel of the year. The British literary prize carries a cash award of $5500. ''Midnight's Children'' was published in the United States in April by Alfred A. Knopf. ... www.nytimes.com/1981/10/28/books/salman-rushdie-wins-booker-prize-for-novel.html
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| 1988 | Sep 1988 - India, not Iran, was the first to ban Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses shortly after it came out in September 1988, reminds the Observer. The then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress government banned the book under pressure from the opposition Janata ...India, not Iran, was the first to ban Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses shortly after it came out in September 1988, reminds the Observer. The then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress government banned the book under pressure from the opposition Janata Party. Both wanted the Muslim vote. It was only then that a group of imams in Iran read a section of the book to Ayatollah Khomeini. We all know what followed. Show more Show lesslookingforwords.com/2009/01/
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| 1989 | Feb 23, 1989 - By S. NOMANUL HAQ. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Dear Salman Rushdie, A few years ago, when I read your ''Midnight's Children,'' I was overwhelmed. It was not the exuberance of your narrative and stylistic craft, nor the threads of your rich imagination woven with such effective intellectual ... www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-haq.html
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| Feb 26, 1989 - As American writers we believe in free speech, and defend Salman Rushdie's right to publish his books without fear of physical reprisal. Although many Muslims are genuinely distressed and offended by Rushdie's book, they should be equally outraged by the terrorist fanatics in Iran who ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66407693.html?dids=66407693:66407693&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Feb+26%2C+1989...Salman+Rushdie+and...
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| 1990 | Dec 27, 1990 - AP. Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said today that the death decree against Salman Rushdie was irreversible, despite the British author's attempts at reconciliation with Muslims offended by his novel "The Satanic Verses." "God willing, from now on no one will dare ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30613F8385E0C748EDDAB0994D8494D81
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| 1993 | Nov 29, 1993 - "Is [Salman Rushdie] worth all of that, to meet the president of the biggest state in the whole world?" Banna asked. "Who is Salman Rushdie? What has he done? Has he invented a cure for a disease like cancer? Did he travel to outer space? What Salman Rushdie has done is to attack the ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60265694.html?dids=60265694:60265694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Nov+29%2C+1993&author...Rushdie...
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| 1998 | Sep 25, 1998 - UNITED NATIONS -- Iran formally stated on Thursday that it no longer seeks the death of British author Salman Rushdie, nine years after a multimillion dollar bounty was put on the writer's head because of religious objections to his novel, The Satanic Verses. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/34565885.html?dids=34565885:34565885&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25%2C...Lee...Salman+Rushdie's...
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| 2007 | Jun 20, 2007 - The Muslim world is up in arms over the British announcement that controversial author Salman Rushdie has been honored with knighthood. The Iranian foreign ministry has called the decision a "provocative act." Pakistanis weren't happy with the honor for author Salman Rushdie. ... www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,489635,00.html
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| 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 - The author was excluded from the acclaimed Man Booker list, which could hurt his book sales. It seemed like a safe bet: a best-selling author going for a well-established 50000-pound ($87806) literary prize. But Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie, until Tuesday the favorite to win ... www.forbes.com/markets/2008/09/10/salman-rushdie-booker-face-cx_je_0910autofacescan02.html
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