| Abraham Eraly | |
| Native Name: | അബ്രഹാം എരളി |
| Native Name Lang: | ml |
| Birth Date: | 1934 8, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Ayyampalli, Kerala, British Raj |
| Death Place: | Pondicherry, Puducherry (union territory), India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Alma Mater: | Madras Christian College[2] |
| Genres: | History, Fiction |
| Subject: | Indian history |
| Notableworks: | The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors |
| Spouse: | Sita Eraly |
| Children: | Satish Eraly |
| Website: | Penguin India |
Abraham Eraly (15 August 1934 – 8 April 2015) was an Indian writer of history, a teacher, and the founder of Chennai-based magazine Aside.
Abraham Eraly was born in the village of Ayyampalli in Ernakulam district, Kerala on 15 August 1934.[1] He studied history at a college in Ernakulam and followed it up with a postgraduate degree in the same subject at Madras Christian College in Chennai.[1] He became a professor of history at MCC in 1971.[1]
Bored with the monotony of teaching,[3] 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.[4]
Eraly's earliest publications were poems and short stories.[5]
Abraham Early in an interview with journalist and author, talks to Shreekumar Varma says:
His historical writing career started while at Madras Christian College.[1] Dissatisfied with the material he used to teach history, he began to write a series of books on Indian history.[5] The Gem in the Lotus covered its earliest period, while The Last Spring continued the narration to the end of the Mughal Empire. Eraly's style of historical story-telling made him particularly approachable for non-historians but could also be used as a reliable source on the Mughal period in India.[6]
In 2011, Eraly moved to Pondicherry, where he lived in Sarathambal Nagar.[1]
Abraham Eraly died at the JIPMER hospital on 8 April 2015, following a paralytic attack.[1]
Many of his books were divided and re-published under different names leading to multiple titles. The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of Great Mughals was re-published in two parts: The Last Spring Part I (alternatively known as The Mughal Throne and Emperors Of The Peacock Throne) and The Last Spring Part II (alternatively known as The Mughal World).