Adi M. Sethna Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant General
Adi Meherji Sethna
Honorific Suffix:PVSM, AVSM
Death Date:17 October 2006
Alma Mater:The Doon School
Allahabad University
Allegiance: India
Rank: Lieutenant General
Unit:Rajputana Rifles
Awards:Padma Bhushan
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant General Adi Meherji Sethna, PVSM, AVSM was an Indian Army General who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff.[1]

After graduating from The Doon School and Allahabad University he was commissioned into the Indian Army and posted to the 6th Rajputana Rifles on 21 May 1944.[2] [3] He began his military career fighting in Malaya during the Second World War.

He was one of the few Indians to attend both the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Camberly Staff College in England.[1] He was ADC to the second Governor-General of India C. Rajagopalachari as well as Dr. Rajendra Prasad[4] [5]

He also played an active role in the strategy for the Bangladesh campaign and was awarded India's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.[6] Heguided the Delhi Parsi Anjuman and the Federation of Zoroastrian Anjumans for 20 years.[7] [8] [9] Adi Sethna was also the Founder President of the UNESCO Parsi-Zoroastrian Project (PARZOR).[10] He died of cancer in 2006.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lt.Gen A.M Sethna . Unescoparzor.com . 2012-03-28.
  2. Web site: A Tribute to Parsi Bravehearts. 15 August 2016.
  3. October 1945 Indian Army List
  4. Web site: Publications Division's Title Index . Publicationsdivision.nic.in . 2012-03-02 . 2012-03-28.
  5. https://openlibrary.org/search?subject_facet=Biography&publisher_facet=Publications+Division%2C+Ministry+of+Information+and+Broadcasting%2C+Govt.+of+India
  6. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
  7. Web site: Parsi . Delhi . » Delhi celebrates Pateti and brings in the Parsi New Year! Delhi Parsis . Delhiparsis.com . 2007-08-19 . 2012-03-28.
  8. Book: The good Parsi: the fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society — Tanya M. Luhrmann — Google Books . 2012-03-28. 9780674356764 . Luhrmann . Tanya M. . 1996 . Harvard University Press .
  9. Web site: Welcome to Parsiana . Parsiana.com . 2012-03-28.
  10. Web site: RESOLUTION PASSED AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING OF PARZOR FOUNDATION AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 2nd JANUARY 2007 TO CONDOLE THE PASSING AWAY OF ITS FOUNDER PRESIDENT LT. GEN. ADI M. SETHNA . Unescoparzor.com . 2012-03-28.