Shyama Singh

Shyama Singh (born 26 November 1942 – 11 September 2017) was an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency) and was married to the former 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 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 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 independent India's first finance secretary and 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) 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 seven consecutive terms in the Lok Sabha.

First Lady of Nagaland Her husband took the oath of office and secrecy as the Governor of Nagaland on 15 October 2009 and she became the first lady of Nagaland. She was also known for her interest in gardening, and her garden at 28 Akbar Road, occupied by her family for some 30 years, had won awards for its well-maintained nature.

First Lady of Kerala

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

Member of Parliament Shyama, hailing from a renowned family away during the course his condolence message said Singh was a popular politician and a noted social worker.