Lallan Prasad Singh was Governor of Assam (1973–80), Manipur (1973–80, 1982–83), Meghalaya (1973–80), Nagaland (1973–81), and Tripura (1973–80).
He died in 1998. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan award in 1999 after his death.
He was born in Bihar, India, in the early 1900s and died in New Delhi on 17 October 1998. He served a long and distinguished career in the Indian Administrative Service (Indian Civil Service in his time.)L.P. Singh was Chief Secretary during first Independent government of Bihar(1946–61).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 a very distinguished bureaucratic career, Singh also authored two books: Portrait of Lal Bahadur Shastri: the Quintessential Gandhiian and Electoral Reform in India.
He was married to Manorama Singh (née Mehta) and had four children - Vineeta, Nandini, Vijay and Priyadarshini.
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| Preceded by Braj Kumar Nehru |
Governor of Assam 1973–1981 |
Succeeded by Prakash Chandra Mehrotra |