Seth Kishan Dass was a leather trader, propagator of the Ad-Dharm movement, and a politician.
Being an Ambedkarite, he was instrumental in bringing Babasaheb Ambedkar at Bootan Mandi in Jalandhar for the campaign in the 1951 Punjab elections.
He was a member of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation and President of the Punjab unit of SCF.
His grandsons, Steven Kaler and Avinash Chander, are, respectively, an MLA from Phillaur and chief parliamentary secretary for Higher Education & Languages Dept.
[5][6] Seth Kishan Das provided financial support to construct the 'Ad Dharam' building, which later became Guru Ravidass High School.