Sachindra Lal Singh (7 August 1907 – 9 December 2000) was a leader of the Indian National Congress and the first Chief Minister of Tripura state in northeastern India from 1 July 1963 to 1 November 1971.
His father, Shri Deen Dayal Singh who hailed from Kashi (Varanasi), served major role in the military establishment of the Kingdom of Tripura and settled at Agartala permanently.
Sachin-da started his political activities from his school days as a member of “Bhatri Sangh”, an organisation of youths of Agartala.
The people of Hill Tripura were also involved in freedom movement of the country and had close relations with their counterparts in British India.
Following independence in 1947 In 1953, at Sachin-da’s initiative, Tribal rehabilitation work (1st in Tripura) started at Bagafa with financial support from the Prime Minister’s Fund.
In the Government as an Advisor, as Chairman of the Territorial Council and as Chief Minister he worked with great devotion for the development of Tripura in agriculture, education, road communication and welfare of the people in general and Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and OBC in particular.
He was the first chairman of Tripura Khadi & Village Industries Board, the Harijan Sevak Sangh, Tripura Board, Kamraj Foundation, New Delhi and chairman of Freedom Fighters Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India, member of Telecommunication Committee etc.
In 1977 General Election he was elected Member of the Lok Sabha from Tripura West Parliamentary Constituency as a candidate of Janata Party in which Congress for Democracy merged.But in 1982 Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi invite him in family, and he joined Indian National Congress again, 1982, He was a Chairman of Election Committee, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee, and in charge of North Eastern states.