[3] Bishan Dass was born in Ravidassia family of Village Shaffipur in the North Indian state of Punjab.
He was elected for the first time to the Metropolitan Borough Council of Wolverhampton in 1979.
[5] He faced bitter experiences of casteism when Jat men of the left-wing Indian Workers Association (IWA), active in Britain since the 1950s, challenged his candidature in the local council elections in 1979.
He published a book named Pride Vs Prejudice, in which he penned down his lifelong struggle against inequality, discrimination, and prejudice.
There are a number of horrifying and distressing stories about caste-based untouchability still practising in India and racial prejudice in the UK.