AGARTALA, December 8 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) today observed the 14th death anniversary of former Chief Minister of the state Sachindra Lal Singh.

Pradesh congress members comprising of TPCC President D.C. Hrangkhwal, TPCC working President Ashish Saha, MLA Jiten Sarkar along with other congress senior leaders and the close aides of former Chief Minister Sachindra Lal Singh today paid a floral tribute to S.L. Singh infront of Agartala Congress Bhawan, on his 14th death anniversary.

Sachindra Lal Singh 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.

In 1977, he became the leader of the newly formed Congress for Democracy party. He was elected to the sixth Lok Sabha from Tripura West constituency as a candidate of this party.