In 2005 alone
- Fatwa issued about tennis player Sania Mirza's short skirts and sleeveless tops by cleric Hasheeb-ul-Hasan Siddiqui of the Sunni Ulema Board.
- Rahul Dholakia's feature film on the Gujarat riots, Parzania, provokes noisy protests at the Goa Film Festival in November, with allegations that the film was "funded by Dawood Ibrahim".
- Actress Khushboo's comments on pre-marital sex in September unleash a strident campaign by the Tamil Protection Movement of the Pattali Makkal Katchi and Dalit Panthers, who claim she has insulted Tamil culture and honour.
- His alleged descendants go to court over "inaccurate portrayal" of the hero of the 1857 mutiny in Mangal Pandey: The Rising.
- BJP and Left unite in attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech in July at Oxford University for its qualified praise of British colonial rule.
- Almighty all-party row over L.K. Advani's statements in praise of Jinnah in June. Praveen Togadia of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad: "Mr Jinnah was a traitor, is a traitor and will remain a traitor and a person glorifying him is also a traitor."
- Bomb blasts in two theatres showing Jo Bole So Nihaal in Delhi in May, killing one and injuring over 50. Sikh groups object to title and some scenes. Film withdrawn by distributors from many theatres.
- Shyam Benegal's film on Subhash Chandra Bose in trouble with Forward Bloc and Bose "experts" over references to his marriage to Austrian Emilie Schenkl. Film's premiere forced to move from Calcutta to Jaipur.
- Catholic organisations demand withdrawal of the Bollywood film, Sins, about a Catholic priest's love for a girl half his age.
- A mob of Congressmen tears up paintings at Alliance Francaise in Bhopal in February, objecting to the display of paintings by Vishwajyoti Ghosh depicting Mahatma Gandhi wearing a suit and standing before a shop selling chicken, and of him holding a liquor bottle. Artist's defence: paintings intended to illustrate Mahatma's experiments with truth.
- Retired policeman files lawsuit in Calcutta's Alipore court against Sunil Gangopadhyay, renowned Bengali poet and novelist, for saying in a newspaper article that he was "sexually aroused" by an idol of Saraswati. Court orders Gangopadhyay to appear in December.
- Maharashtra deputy chief minister R.R. Patil gets dance bars in the state closed down for "corrupting youth and tearing up the state's cultural fabric".
- Row over planned publication of personal letters between B.R. Ambedkar and Irishwoman Frances Fitzgerald. Grandson Prakash Ambedkar files complaint with the Delhi police against publisher Roli Books to stop publication.
- Mulayam Singh Yadav publicly criticises Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeshwar for exhorting young people to learn English as a prerequisite for getting ahead in life, saying that the governor implied that Hindi-speaking students couldn't progress.
- Tamil Nadu's Anna University of Technology imposes dress code on students, proscribing jeans, T-shirts, skirts, sleeveless tops and tight outfits. Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan says such attire detracts from the seriousness of academic pursuits.
