[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1987.
[6] Khelchandra Singh was born on 1 September 1920 at Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, a small hamlet in Imphal, the capital of the northeast Indian state of Manipur.
[2] After superannuation from service, he worked as a visiting faculty at the Jawaharlal Nehru University Centre, Imphal for a brief period.
[2] As a historian, he edited eight books, Genealogy of Manipuri Kings, Cheitharol Kumbaba, royal chronicles of Manipur, an anthology of Old Meitei poems, an anthology of Old Meitei prose, a collection of hymns and prayers prevalent in Pre-Vaishnavite Manipur, An account of the hills of Manipur, A treatise on Manuscripts, and Sarit Sarat, a book on the heroic accounts of Manipuri Martial Combats.
[8] Among his books written in English are Battle of Khongjom, (an account of the last battle between Manipur and the British forces)[9] Documents of Anglo-Manipuri War 1891 (three volumes),[10] Thangal General (life history of the renowned Meitei warrior)[11] and Kangla.