Tag: Shyam Saran Negi

First voter of independent India Shyam Saran Negi passes away at 106

He will be cremated with full state honours, says Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq.

Saturday, 05 November 2022

104-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India, cast his vote at the Kalpa-51 p

106 YO Himachal voter, Independent India's first, casts vote for 34th time

Born in 1917, and a teacher by profession, centenarian Negi has voted in every election after 1947, including all Lok Sabha, Assembly polls and local urban body elections.

Thursday, 03 November 2022

India's First Voter Casts Vote In HP Panchayat Polls At 103

Shimla: Despite his failing vision and aching knees, India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi reached his polling booth in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur to exercise his franchise in the state’s panchayat elections, for which over 70 per cent turnout was recorded on Sunday. In the first round of the three-phase elections, 1,227 panchayats went to the […]