 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 |
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).[1] 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, 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.[2]
- ^ "UK National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Allen, Charles (1975) Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century
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