Dar belonged to a prominent Kashmiri Pandit family from Lucknow.
His uncle Pandit Shambhu Nath was the first Indian Judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Dar studied at the Church Mission High School and Canning College in Lahore.
In 1914, he was elected as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from the United Provinces.
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