I. D. Swami

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]

Pt. Ishwar Dayal Swami पण्डित ईश्वर दयाल स्वामी
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 13 October 1999 – 22 May 2004
Minister	L. K. Advani
Succeeded by	Sriprakash Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Bhajan Lal
Succeeded by	Arvind Kumar Sharma
Constituency	Karnal
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Chiranji Lal Sharma
Succeeded by	Bhajan Lal
Constituency	Karnal
Personal details
Born	(1929-08-11)11 August 1929 Vill. Babyal, Ambala district, Haryana
Died	15 December 2019(2019-12-15) (aged 90) Faridabad (Haryana)
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Padma Swami (1955-2019)
Children	Two Sons, Three Daughters
Education	M.A., LL.B., Master's Degree (Public Admn.) Educated at Panjab University, Chandigarh, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
Profession	Civil Service, Advocate, Political and Social Worker, Farmer