Era Sezhiyan (28 April 1923 – 6 June 2017)[1] or Rajagopal Seziyan was an Indian writer and politician.
Seziyan was a well-known writer in Tamil and has written numerous short stories and one-act plays.
In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, Sezhiyan defeated two-time Congress MP C. R. Pattabhiraman from Kumbakonam.
[3] Later, attracted to Jayaprakash Narayan's ideologies, he joined the Janata Party.
[3] The atrocities committed during Emergency 1975 were enquired and published in Shah Commission Report during 1980 but was suppressed by next draconian Government.