Independent India's first-ever voter turns 100 today
Shyam Saran Negi, independent India's first-ever voter, turns 100 years old on Saturday. Negi, who belongs to Chini village in present day Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh, was the first to cast his vote in the country's first-ever general elections held in 1951. Since then, Negi has voted 16 times in Lok Sabha polls and 12 times in state elections.