Lallan Prasad Singh

Lallan Prasad Singh ICS
Governor of Assam
In office 19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
Appointed by	V. V. Giri
Chief Minister	Sarat Chandra Sinha Golap Borbora Jogendra Nath Hazarika Anwara Taimur Kesab Chandra Gogoi
Preceded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	Prakash Mehrotra
Governor of Meghalaya
Additional charge
In office 19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
Appointed by	V. V. Giri
Chief Minister	Williamson A. Sangma Darwin Diengdoh Pugh B. B. Lyngdoh Williamson A. Sangma
Preceded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	Prakash Mehrotra
Governor of Nagaland
Additional charge
In office 19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
Appointed by	V. V. Giri
Chief Minister	Hokishe Sema Vizol Koso John Bosco Jasokie Vizol Koso S. C. Jamir John Bosco Jasokie
Preceded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	S. M. H. Burney
Governor of Manipur
Additional charge
In office 23 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
Appointed by	V. V. Giri
Chief Minister	Mohammed Alimuddin Yangmaso Shaiza Rajkumar Dorendra Singh Yangmaso Shaiza Rajkumar Dorendra Singh Rishang Keishing
Preceded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	S. M. H. Burney
Governor of Tripura
Additional charge
In office 23 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
Appointed by	V. V. Giri
Chief Minister	Sukhamoy Sen Gupta Prafulla Kumar Das Radhika Ranjan Gupta Nripen Chakraborty
Preceded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	S. M. H. Burney
Ambassador of India to Nepal
In office 22 January 1972 – 5 September 1973
Preceded by	Raj Bahadur
Succeeded by	Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra
Home Secretary
In office 18 September 1964 – 1 January 1971
Preceded by	V. Vishwanathan
Succeeded by	Govind Narain
Personal details
Born	1912 Buxar, Bihar, India
Died	9 November 1998 (age 86)
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (1999) (posthumously)

Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (1912 – 17 October 1998) was Governor of Assam (1973–80), Manipur (1973–80, 1982–83), Meghalaya (1973–80), Nagaland (1973–81), and Tripura (1973–80).

He was awarded Padma Vibhushan award in 1999 after his death.

He was born in Buxar, Bihar, India, in 1912 and died in New Delhi on 17 October 1998. A member of the 1936 batch of the Indian Civil Service, he joined the ICS on 9 September 1936. After independence in 1947, he had a long and distinguished career in the civil service. L.P. Singh was Chief Secretary to the government of Bihar in the first post-independence government (1946–61). He also served briefly as the Finance Secretary to the government of Bihar. He enjoyed the confidence of both the first Bihar Chief Minister Dr S K Singh & deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister Dr Anugrah Narain Sinha. He also held several posts including Home Secretary of India, Governor of the five North Eastern States and Indian Ambassador to Nepal.

Apart from his bureaucratic career, Singh also authored two books: Portrait of Lal Bahadur Shastri: the Quintessential Gandhian and Electoral Reform in India.

He was married to Manorama Singh (née Mehta) and had four children, namely, Vineeta, Nandini, Vijay and Priyadarshini.

See also

• Shillong Accord of 1975