Shri Arjun Lal Sethi (9 September 1880 – 22 December 1941) was a freedom fighter, revolutionary, and educator from Jaipur.
Very well versed in English, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Pali, and Jain philosophy, he was an excellent writer and poet as.
He worked as Kamdar in Jaipur State, but soon left the service, distressed with the behavior of the English with the Indian people.
While serving as Head Master of Kalyanmal Mahavidyalaya at Indore, he was arrested and was kept in custody for six years, until 1922, at Jaipur and Vellore.
Unperturbed outwardly, he gave his lecture, to the great surprise and mixed sorrow of the large audience which was aware of the sad demise.
Senior political leaders, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lai Nehru, and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose consulted him on important matters.
[citation needed] He was elected President of Rajputana and Madhya Bharat Congress Committee on Sept 9, 1934, position he did not long hold, due to the divisions within the party.
His grave is located beside his friend Syed Abdul Aziz at a hill near Anasagar lake whose nephew S.A Raoof son of S.A Quddus (Advocate) also served as an Additional Collector & District Magistrate of both Ajmer and Jaipur.
A large new colony in Jaipur has been named Arjun Lai Sethi Nagar to memorial to the patriotic and learned leader.
The younger son, Dr. Jagat Prakash Sethi, was a senior physician in Sawai Man Singh Hospital Jaipur.