I. D. Swami Explained

Pt. Ishwar Dayal Swami
पण्डित ईश्वर दयाल स्वामी
Office:Minister of State for Home Affairs
Minister:L. K. Advani
Term Start:13 October 1999
Term End:22 May 2004
Successor:Sriprakash Jaiswal
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2004
Constituency1:Karnal
Predecessor1:Bhajan Lal
Successor1:Arvind Kumar Sharma
Term Start2:1996
Term End2:1998
Predecessor2:Chiranji Lal Sharma
Successor2:Bhajan Lal
Constituency2:Karnal
Birth Date:11 August 1929
Birth Place:Vill. Babyal, Ambala district, Haryana
Death Place:Faridabad (Haryana)
Education:M.A., LL.B., Master's Degree (Public Admn.)Educated at Panjab University, Chandigarh, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Padma Swami (1955-2019)
Children:Two Sons, Three Daughters
Profession:Civil 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]

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  1. News: Former Union Minister ID Swami dies at 90. Business Standard India . 15 December 2019. Business Standard.
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/faridabad/former-union-minister-id-swami-passes-away-in-faridabad/articleshow/72736043.cms Former Union minister ID Swami passes away in Faridabad