{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox Officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Era Sezhiyan | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | order1 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Kumbakonam | term_start1 = 1967 | term_end1 = 1977 | prime_minister1 = Indira Gandhi | predecessor1 = C. R. Pattabhiraman | successor1 = constituency dissolved | order2 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Perambalur | term_start2 = 1962 | term_end2 = 1967 | monarch2 = | prime_minister2 = Jawaharlal Nehru,<br />Lal Bahadur Shastri,<br />Indira Gandhi | predecessor2 = M. Palaniyandi | successor2 = A. Duraiarasu | birth_date = 28 April 1923 | birth_place = Thirukannapuram,<br/>Tanjore District,<br/>Madras Presidency,<br/>British India<br/>(now in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|6|6|1923|4|28}} | death_place = Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India | party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1952-1976 Janata party1977-2001 | alma_mater = | profession = Politician | spouse = Dr.Prema | order = Member of parliament of Rajya sabha | term_start = 1978 | term_end = 1984 }}
'''Era Sezhiyan''' (28 April 1923 – 6 June 2017)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jun/07/parliamentarian-par-excellence-era-sezhiyan-passes-away-1613791--1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704213108/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jun/07/parliamentarian-par-excellence-era-sezhiyan-passes-away-1613791--1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 July 2018 | title=Parliamentarian par excellence Era Sezhiyan passes away | date=7 June 2017 | newspaper=The New Indian Express | accessdate=20 September 2019 }}</ref> or '''Rajagopal Seziyan''' was an Indian writer and politician.<ref name="h1">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/06/stories/2003120604501200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040714124227/http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/06/stories/2003120604501200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2004|title=Drop Hindi option 'proposal', Era Sezhiyan tells Centre|date=6 December 2003|work=The Hindu|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> His original name was R.Srinivasan and changed his name to fall in line with other DMK leaders who opted for Tamil names instead of Sanskritised forms.<ref name=hindu1/> He was known for having rediscovered and published 'Shah Commission Report' which was reported destroyed by Indira Gandhi Government.<ref name="toi1"/>
== Personal life == Seziyan was born to V. S. Rajagopal on 28 April 1923. He completed his master's before entering politics. He married Dr. Prema Seziyan.
== Public life == Seziyan was a well-known writer in Tamil and has written numerous short stories and one-act plays. He joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam at an early age. In 1962, he stood for election from Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency and was elected to the Lok Sabha or lower house of the Indian Parliament.<ref name="toi1">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-20/chennai/28261992_1_bjp-leader-combat-corruption-l-k-advani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104080157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-20/chennai/28261992_1_bjp-leader-combat-corruption-l-k-advani|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=Advani recalls Emergency days, hails Sezhiyan for reviving Shah Commission report|date=20 December 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref> He served as a Member of Parliament for Perambalur from 1962 to 1967. In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, Sezhiyan defeated two-time Congress MP C. R. Pattabhiraman from Kumbakonam. He was brother of Navalar V.R. Nedunchezian and both of them were founder members of DMK.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news |last1=Kolappan |first1=B |title=Ace Parliamentarian Era Sezhiyan dead |agency=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu newspaper |date=6 June 2017}}</ref> Later, attracted to Jayaprakash Narayan's ideologies, he joined the Janata Party. He represented the Janata Party in Parliament as a Rajya Sabha member between 1978 and 1984. In 2001, he retired from active politics.<ref name=hindu1/>
==Editing Shah Commission report== The atrocities committed during Emergency 1975 were enquired and published in Shah Commission Report during 1980 but was suppressed by next draconian Government. It was believed that all copies of Shah Commission report were either destroyed or disappeared and after three decades, Era Sezhiyan traced a copy of the report and published with editorial notes during 2010.<ref name="toi1"/>
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