Paswan, wanda aka fi sani da Dusadh, ƙabilar Dalit ce daga gabashin Indiya . Ana samun su galibi a cikin jihohin Bihar, Uttar Pradesh da Jharkhand . Kalmar Urdu Paswan na nufin mai tsaron gida ko "wanda ya kare". Asalin kalmar, bisa abin da al'umma ta yi imani da shi, ya ta'allaka ne da shiga yakin da aka yi da Siraj-ud-daulah, Nawab na Bengal bisa umarnin kamfanin British East India, bayan haka an ba su lada da mukamin Chowkidars kuma mai karɓar haraji mai amfani ga Zamindars . Suna bin wasu al'adu kamar tafiya akan wuta don tabbatar da ƙarfin su. Paswans suna da'awar asalinsu daga yawancin mutane da almara don neman haɓaka a cikin zamantakewar su. Wasu Paswan sun yi imanin cewa sun samo asali ne daga Rahu, wanda ya fi kowa ɗa kuma ɗayan duniyoyi a cikin tatsuniyoyin Hindu, yayin da wasu ke da'awar asalinsu daga Dushasana, ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Kaurava. Abubuwan da suka shafi asali daga "Gahlot Kshatriya" suma suna ci gaba tsakanin wasu daga cikin masu ba da umarnin, amma wasu suna kallon irin waɗannan iƙirarin da ƙyama, saboda ba sa son a haɗa su da Rajputs .