Pt. Ishwar Dayal Swami
पण्डित ईश्वर दयाल स्वामी
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
13 October 1999  22 May 2004
MinisterL. K. Advani
Succeeded bySriprakash Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byBhajan Lal
Succeeded byArvind Kumar Sharma
ConstituencyKarnal
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byChiranji Lal Sharma
Succeeded byBhajan Lal
ConstituencyKarnal
Personal details
Born(1929-08-11)August 11, 1929
Vill. Babyal, Ambala district, Haryana
DiedDecember 15, 2019(2019-12-15) (aged 90)
Faridabad (Haryana)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePadma Swami (1955-2019)
ChildrenTwo Sons, Three Daughters
EducationM.A., LL.B., Master's Degree (Public Admn.)

Educated at Panjab University, Chandigarh,

Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
ProfessionCivil Service, Advocate, Political and Social Worker, Farmer

Pandit Ishwar Dayal Swami (11 August 1929 – 15 December 2019)[1] was an Indian politician and former IAS officer, who served as Union Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Third Vajpayee Ministry. He also took part in the freedom movement as student leader in 1946–47. He was Scholarship holder from class 4th to 10th which was forfeited by the then British Government for having led a procession of students against the famous Red Fort trials of Shahnawaz, Dhillon and Sehgal of INA. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Karnal in Haryana. He died on 15 December 2019 at Metro Hospital, Faridabad.[2]

References

  1. "Former Union Minister ID Swami dies at 90". Business Standard India. 15 December 2019 via Business Standard.
  2. Former Union minister ID Swami passes away in Faridabad, The Times of India, Dec 16, 2019


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