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Shyam Saran Negi (1 July 1917 – 5 November 2022) was an Indian school teacher in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, who cast the first vote in the 1951 general election in India [2] [3] — the nation's first election since the end of the British Rule in 1947.
Nov 5, 2022 · Three days after casting his vote for the 34th time, India’s oldest voter Shyam Saran Negi died on November 5, 2022 at his home in Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh. He was 106.
Nov 5, 2022 · Independent India's first voter, the 106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi died today at his native place in Himachal Pradesh's Kalpa, days after he cast his last vote in the 14th Assembly...
Nov 5, 2022 · Independent India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi passed away in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Saturday. He was 105. Negi died of natural causes at his home in Kalpa in Kinnary and will be cremated with full state honours, according to officials in Kinnaur.
Nov 10, 2022 · The old man, Shyam Saran Negi, then 97 and quite forgotten, became a household name. For he was not only very old, but the first person who had ever cast a vote in independent India.
Nov 5, 2022 · Shyam Saran Negi is thought to have been the first person to cast a ballot when India held its first general election after gaining independence from British rule.
The first citizen of independent India to ever cast a vote – Shyam Saran Negi – died Saturday morning at the age of 106 at his residence in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur.
Nov 5, 2022 · SHIMLA: The first voter of Independent India - Shyam Saran Negi - passed away at the age of 106 at his residence at Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday wee hours.
The first citizen of independent India to ever cast a vote – Shyam Saran Negi – died Saturday morning at the age of 106 at his residence in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur. Chief Minister Jairam...
Nov 6, 2022 · Independent India ’s first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, died on Friday at the age of 106 in his home state of Himachal Pradesh in the north of the country. He cast his last vote in the 14th...
