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Shyam Saran Negi, the man dubbed “India’s first voter” has died at the age of 105 in Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh, BBC reported on Sunday. He was thought to be the first person to cast a vote in the general elections in 1951, the first electoral exercise held in India after its independence from British rule. The polling booth in his state …

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