Shyama Singh

Shyama Singh
Member of Parliament
for Aurangabad
In office
1999–2004
Preceded bySushil Kumar
Succeeded byNikhil kumar
ConstituencyAurangabad
Vice-President
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2004–2017
ConstituencyAurangabad
Personal details
Born(1942-11-26)26 November 1942
Patna, Bihar
Died11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 74)
Delhi
Political partyINC
SpouseNikhil Kumar
Residence(s)Delhi, Patna
As of 7 September, 2009
Source: [1]

Shyama Singh (born 26 November 1942 – 11 September 2017) was an Indian politician and a former[1] Member of Parliament from[2] the Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency) and was married to the former[3] Governor of Nagaland and Kerala, Nikhil Kumar, who was also elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from the same constituency in Bihar. She joined Congress at the[4] initiative of Rajiv Gandhi, the late Prime Minister of India, whom she met at a social event in Delhi.As a parliamentarian,her crowning achievement was[4] reviving the Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project which her father-in-law and veteran Bihar leader Late Satyendra Narayan Singh had conceived in 1989 as the then Chief Minister of Bihar.Shyama Singh was also the[5] vice president of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee.

Early life

She is daughter of Indian Civil Service officer Sir T. P. Singh who had also served as[6] independent India's first finance secretary and[7] her mother Madhuri Singh, has been a two-term member of Parliament from Purnea. She completed her school education from Patna. Thereafter, she graduated in History from Indraprastha College for Women. Her elder brother is former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha MP N. K. Singh (A 1964 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre)[8] who has served as India's Revenue Secretary and also Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. Her younger brother Uday Singh also twice represented the Purnea Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar in Lok Sabha. Her father-in-law and former Bihar Chief Minister Late Chhote Saheb (S.N. Sinha), also represented Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)for[9] seven consecutive terms in the Lok Sabha.

First Lady of Nagaland

Her husband took the[10] oath of office and secrecy as the Governor of Nagaland on 15 October 2009 and she became the first lady of Nagaland. She is an expert[11] gardener,the grandeur of her[12] garden at 28 Akbar Road, occupied by her family for some 30 years, was phenomenal.It invariably[13] won awards at all Delhi's flower shows.

First Lady of Kerala

She became the First Lady of Kerala when Shri Nikhil Kumar became the[14] Governor of Kerala in 2013

Member of Parliament

Shyama, hailing from a renowned family[4] of bureaucrats in Bihar, successfully contested and represented the Aurangabad[9] parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1999–2004. As an MP, She initiated several development projects in Schools, Women's College and a new computer centre was set up in the district.[citation needed]

Demise

Shyama Singh passed[15] away during the course[5] of her treatment at Delhi's Escorts Fortis hospital in the wee hours of 11 September 2017 after a prolonged illness.The Congress chief Sonia Gandhi[7] while expressing her deep condolences remarked in her message " (Shyama) Singh served the people with immense dedication and her noteworthy contributions to the well-being of the people of Aurangabad shall be never be forgotten.” The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in[16] his condolence message said Singh was a popular politician and a noted social worker.

References

  1. ^ Lok Sabha Website. "Shyama Singh MP(13th Lok Sabha)". Official Website. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  2. ^ "MP-Shyama Singh". Parliament of India. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Profyl of nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar". Nagaland Government. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "Sisters Under The Skin". www.telegraphindia.com.
  5. ^ a b "Former MP Shyama Sinha passes away at 74 in Delhi, to be cremated on Sept 13; Bihar CM mourns death". Hindustan Times. 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Home". The Tribhuvan School. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Former Cong MP Shyama Singh passes away".
  8. ^ Prabhu Chawla. "N K Singh:India's supercrat". India Today. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2004.
  9. ^ a b "Goodbye to good life for heirloom". www.telegraphindia.com.
  10. ^ PTI. "ex Delhi Police Chief Nikhil Kumar sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Press Trust of India. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  11. ^ The Indian Express. "Constant gardener has left". Official Site. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
  12. ^ "Jaya: the sole exception - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  13. ^ The Relegraph. "Shyama Sinha's house-Delhi's best kept garden". Official Site. Archived from the original on 3 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
  14. ^ "Nikhil Kumar sworn in as Governor of Kerala". 23 March 2013 – via www.thehindu.com.
  15. ^ "Former Congress MP Shyama Singh passes away". The New Indian Express.
  16. ^ "Nitish condoles death of former MP Shyama Singh".

Sources

  • Mere Sansmaran, an autobiography by Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
  • Anugrah Abhinandan Granth samiti. 1947 Anugrah Abhinandan Granth. Bihar.
  • Anugrah Narayan centenary year celebration Committee. 1987. Bihar Bibhuti : Vayakti Aur Kriti , Bihar.
  • Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan. Oxford University Press, Delhi.

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