Native name അബ്രഹാം എരളി Name Abraham Eraly Nationality Indian Role Writer | Genres History, Fiction Subject Indian history | |
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Notable works The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors Books Mughal Throne, Gem in the Lotus, The Mughal World, Emperors of the Peacock, The First Spring: The Golden A | ||
Education Madras Christian College | ||
Abraham Eraly (August 15, 1934—April 8, 2015) was an Indian writer of history, a teacher, and the founder of Chennai-based magazine Aside.
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Early life
Abraham Eraly was born in the village of Ayyampalli in Ernakulam district, Kerala on August 15, 1934. He studied History at a college in Ernakulam and followed it up with a post-graduate degree in the same subject at Madras Christian College in Chennai. He became a Professor of History at MCC in 1971.
Bored with the monotony of teaching, Eraly resigned his professorship in 1977 and founded the Chennai-based magazine Aside, India's first English-language city magazine. Following financial difficulties, it closed in 1997.
Literary career
Eraly's earliest publications were poems and short stories. His historical writing career started while at Madras Christian College. Dissatisfied with the material he used to teach history, he began to write a series of books on Indian history. The Gem in the Lotus covered its earliest period, while The Last Spring continued the narration to the end of the Mughal Empire.
In 2014, he published a book on the Delhi Sultanate, The Age of Wrath.
Later life
In 2011, Eraly moved to Pondicherry, where he lived in Sarathambal Nagar.
Abraham Eraly died at the JIPMER hospital on April 8, 2015, following a paralytic attack.