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Lieutenant General


Adi Meherji Sethna


Died17 October 2006
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitRajputana Rifles
AwardsPadma Bhushan
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Alma materThe Doon School
Allahabad University

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 CollegeinEngland.[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] He guided 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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lt.Gen A.M Sethna". Unescoparzor.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • ^ "A Tribute to Parsi Bravehearts". 15 August 2016.
  • ^ October 1945 Indian Army List
  • ^ "Publications Division's Title Index". Publicationsdivision.nic.in. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • ^ https://openlibrary.org/search?subject_facet=Biography&publisher_facet=Publications+Division%2C+Ministry+of+Information+and+Broadcasting%2C+Govt.+of+India [failed verification]
  • ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  • ^ Parsi, Delhi (19 August 2007). "» Delhi celebrates Pateti and brings in the Parsi New Year! Delhi Parsis". Delhiparsis.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • ^ Luhrmann, Tanya M. (1996). The good Parsi: the fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society — Tanya M. Luhrmann — Google Books. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674356764. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • ^ "Welcome to Parsiana". Parsiana.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • ^ "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. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  • Military offices
    Preceded by

    S P Malhotra

    Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College
    1975 - 1978
    Succeeded by

    Mohinder Singh

    Preceded by

    Jaswant Singh

    Vice Chief of Army Staff
    7 July 1980 – 31 December 1982
    Succeeded by

    S K Sinha

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