Lal Dena (born 11 January 1939) is a historian of modern South Asia with special interest in Manipur and Mizoram.
Prof. Lal Dena passed Class-X from Pherzawl High School in 1959, and did PUC from DM College in 1963.
He did BA and MA (History) from Gauhati University completing them in 1970.
He received his Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in 1982.
[3] He then joined Sangai International University as the Vice Chancellor.