I. D. Swami

{{Short description|Indian politician (1929–2019)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Pt. Ishwar Dayal Swami
पण्डित ईश्वर दयाल स्वामी

| image = File:I. D. Swami at 52nd All India Police Athletic Championship 2003.jpg

| 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= {{birth date|df=yes|1929|08|11}}

| birth_place= Vill. Babyal,

Ambala district, Haryana

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|12|15|1929|08|11}}

| 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){{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/former-union-minister-id-swami-dies-at-90-119121500519_1.html|title=Former Union Minister ID Swami dies at 90|newspaper=Business Standard India |date=15 December 2019|via=Business Standard}} 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.[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], The Times of India, 16 Dec 2019