 He was declared all round student of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Dehradun in year 1949-52.In the 1950s and 1960s he was a worker of Bharatiya Jan Sangh and president of various trade unions; he preferred the non violent hunger strike "Satyagraha" in contrast to violent strikes of "Bandh".Lawyer by profession, Swami entered active politics under the Bharatiya Jan Sangh.