Adi M. Sethna

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|name= Adi Meherji Sethna

| honorific_suffix =PVSM, AVSM

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|death_date= 17 October 2006

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|alma_mater= The Doon School
Allahabad University

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|rank= 20px Lieutenant General

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|unit= Rajputana Rifles

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|awards= Padma Bhushan
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

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Lieutenant General Adi Meherji Sethna, PVSM, AVSM was an Indian Army General who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff.{{cite web|url=http://www.unescoparzor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=55&phpMyAdmin=sajdmQ8uXCI6iyWREItGtdZWr-2 |title=Lt.Gen A.M Sethna |publisher=Unescoparzor.com |access-date=2012-03-28}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://parsi-times.com/2016/08/tribute-parsi-bravehearts/|title = A Tribute to Parsi Bravehearts|date = 15 August 2016}}October 1945 Indian Army List 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. He was ADC to the second Governor-General of India C. Rajagopalachari as well as Dr. Rajendra Prasad{{cite web|url=http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/b_title_wise.asp |title=Publications Division's Title Index |publisher=Publicationsdivision.nic.in |date=2012-03-02 |access-date=2012-03-28}}https://openlibrary.org/search?subject_facet=Biography&publisher_facet=Publications+Division%2C+Ministry+of+Information+and+Broadcasting%2C+Govt.+of+India {{fv|date=November 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }} He

guided the Delhi Parsi Anjuman and the Federation of Zoroastrian Anjumans for 20 years.{{cite web|last=Parsi |first=Delhi |url=http://delhiparsis.com/2007/08/19/delhi-celebrates-pateti-and-brings-in-the-parsi-new-year/ |title=» Delhi celebrates Pateti and brings in the Parsi New Year! Delhi Parsis |publisher=Delhiparsis.com |date=2007-08-19 |access-date=2012-03-28}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Lw1_dj9Yh4C&q=adi+sethna+parsi&pg=PA265 |title=The good Parsi: the fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society — Tanya M. Luhrmann — Google Books |access-date=2012-03-28|isbn=9780674356764 |last1=Luhrmann |first1=Tanya M. |year=1996 |publisher=Harvard University Press }}{{cite web|url=http://parsiana.com/archives/details.asp?article_id=12&search_for= |title=Welcome to Parsiana |publisher=Parsiana.com |access-date=2012-03-28}} Adi Sethna was also the Founder President of the UNESCO Parsi-Zoroastrian Project (PARZOR).{{cite web|url=http://www.unescoparzor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=55&phpMyAdmin=sajdmQ8uXCI6iyWREItGtdZWr-2 |title=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 |publisher=Unescoparzor.com |access-date=2012-03-28}} He died of cancer in 2006.