[[Pilt:Dosadh man in bengal 1860.jpg|pisi|Portrait of a Dusadh man from 1860, Bengal.]]
Paswanid on India idaosast pärit "Gehlot Rajput" kogukond.
{{Infobox caste|caste_name=Paswan|country=[[India]]|region=[[Eastern India]]|populated_states=[[Bihar]] • [[Jharkhand]] • [[Uttar Pradesh]]|languages={{unbulleted list|[[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Bhojpuri]]}}|religions=[[Hinduism]]|image=File:Dosadh man in bengal 1860.jpg|caption=Portrait of a Dusadh man from 1860, Bengal.|population=}}'''Paswan''', tuntud ka kui '''Dusadh''', on Ida- [[India|Indiast]] pärit dalitide kogukond. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Mendelsohn|first=Oliver|year=1998|title=The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-52155-671-2|page=xiii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGbp9MjhvKAC&pg=PR13|last2=Vicziany|first2=Marika}}</ref> Neid leidub peamiselt [[Bihar|Bihari]] osariikides, <ref>{{Cite news|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/hemraj-paswan-a-centenarian-voter-shows-political-acuity/article26656362.ece|title=Hemraj Paswan: A 'centenarian' voter shows political acuity|work=The Hindu|date=2019-03-27|access-date=2019-04-06|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradeshis]] ja [[Jharkhand|Jharkhandis]] . [[Urdu keel|Urdu]] sõna ''Paswan'' tähendab ihukaitsjat või "seda, kes kaitseb". Sõna päritolu peitub kogukonna veendumuste kohaselt nende osalemises lahingus [[Briti Ida-India Kompanii|Briti Ida-India ettevõtte]] korraldusel Bengali Nawabi Siraj-ud-daulah vastu, misjärel neid premeeriti ''Chowkidarsi ametikohaga.'' ja lathi wielding maksukoguja jaoks ''Zamindars'' . Nad järgivad teatavaid rituaale, näiteks tulel kõndimist, et kinnitada oma vaprust. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/who-are-the-paswans-upwardly-mobile-powerful-dalit-group-at-centre-of-bihar-polls-buzz/528964/|title=Who are the Paswans? 'Upwardly mobile, powerful' Dalit group at centre of Bihar polls buzz|website=The Print|access-date=2020-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130224957/https://theprint.in/politics/who-are-the-paswans-upwardly-mobile-powerful-dalit-group-at-centre-of-bihar-polls-buzz/528964/|archive-date=30 November 2020}}</ref>
