Prime Minister Narendra Modi joins Instagram

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined the popular picture sharing social network Instagram. 

He posted his first Instagram photo from Myanmar, where he is attending the ASEAN Summit. The picture featured a banner placed at the venue where the Summit is taking place. The picture got more than 2,400 likes and 384 comments. Along with the picture Modi also posted a message announcing his debut on Instagram. He said," Hello World! Great being on Instagram. My first photo...this one from the ASEAN Summit." 

He cross-posted the photo on his Twitter account. Prior to sharing the Instagram post, Modi also posted a photograph that featured him clicking a picture at the Summit venue with what appeared to be an Apple iPhone 6.

Hello World! Great being on Instagram. My first photo...this one from the ASEAN Summit.

A photo posted by Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) on

Nov 11, 2014 at 8:25pm PST

At the time of writing this story and almost after two hours of the post, Modi has 39,413 followers on Instagram and does not follow anyone yet.Other world leaders with active Instagram accounts include Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia, Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico, Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey, among others. 

The Indian Prime Minister is among the most active world leaders on social media with 77,94,847 Twitter followers and 2,45,97,751 Facebook likes.

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