John Dring
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur John Dring KBE CIE JP (4 November 1902 – 16 June 1991) was the second Prime Minister of the princely state of Bahawalpur (now in modern Pakistan). He was also the senior member of the Indian Political Service in the last decades of the British Raj, Assistant Private Secretary to the Governor-General of India and an advisor to governments on plebiscites for two former British colonies in Africa. Dring Stadium in the city of Bahawalpur, the site of the second test cricket match of the India-Pakistan test series in 1955, is named after him. He was called John throughout his life.
Sir John Dring KBE CIE | |
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John Dring c. 1935 | |
| Prime Minister of Bahawalpur | |
| In office 1948–1952 | |
| Monarch | Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan V Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Sir Richard Marsh Crofton |
| Succeeded by | A.R. Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 November 1902 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
| Died | 16 June 1991 (aged 88) England |
| Nationality | British |
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