In a first, former President Pranab Mukherjee tweets a selfie on Twitter
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Published: Sep 01, 2017, 01:00 IST | Updated: Sep 01, 2017, 01:00 IST
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He served as the 13th President of India
In what can be called a first, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee posted a selfie on Twitter on Thursday and Twitter couldn't stop talking about it.
The 81-year-old posted a photo with a kid named Hamza Saifi who taught him to click selfies.
The post read: "It is always a pleasure to meet children.Seen here with young visitor Hamza Saifi who taught me how to take a #selfie #CitizenMukherjee"
After Mukherjee posted the photo, Twitter users couldn't stop gushing about it:
Interestingly, it was Mukherjee who launched the‘Selfie with Daughter’ initiative as a part of Beti Padhao Beti Bacho in 2015. This was at the time when he was the13th President of India. Pranab Mukherjee had a five-year-term from 2012 to 2017.