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Ishwar Dass Pawar was an author, social activist and one of the first Dalit to be appointed to the Punjab Judicial Service before the Independence of India.[1]
He was born into the Ad Dharmi family[2] on 09 May 2010, in Dehlan, Punjab. He studied B.A. and L.L.B. from D.A.V. College, Lahore, and joined Judicial Services in 1932. He was married to Lakshmi Devi, and the couple had three sons and two daughters. His one daughter, Kamlesh, is married to an Indian diplomat, Ambassador V.B. Soni (retd). He passed away on 11 June 2007 in Chandigarh.[3]
Throughout his professional life, he held several important positions. In 1932, he joined the Punjab Civil Services (Judicial) as a judge, then was promoted as under secretary to the Government of Punjab. He remained a member of the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection for 8 years and retired as a district and session judge in 1966. He also worked as a presiding officer for the Industrial Tribunal for Punjab.[4][5][6]
During his work as presiding officer for the Industrial Tribunal, he helped many Dalits get plots of land for the establishment of businesses. He also helped many educated Dalit youths in Doaba get passports to travel to the U.K. in the 1950s.[7][8][9]