World grieves Nelson Mandela's demise with a deluge of tweets

Nishtha Kanal • December 6, 2013, 10:19:36 IST

Whatsapp Facebook Twitter

The Mahatma Gandhi of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, breathed his last on December 5. Mandela, formerly the President of South Africa was instrumental in

Subscribe Join Us

Add as a preferred source on Google

Prefer
Firstpost On
Google

World grieves Nelson Mandela's demise with a deluge of tweets

The Mahatma Gandhi of South Africa, Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela, breathed his last on December 5. Mandela, the former President of South Africa was instrumental in banishing apartheid from the country was 95. Understandably, everyone from celebrities to political bigwigs and the common man took to Twitter to express grief over Madiba’s passing.

The news of Mandela’s death owing to a prolonged lung ailment generated over 4.8 million tweets showing the hold the man had on the world. From Barack Obama to Manmohan Singh, everyone had something to tweet about the man’s legacy. Take a look:

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD

Tags

End of Article

Written by Nishtha Kanal

Intrigued by all things social, Nishtha will invariably tweet about you. When not tweeting or writing about the next viral video, you will hear her proclaiming her love to Metallica, James Hetfield, Opeth, Akerfeldt and all bands that go 'growl'. She also obsesses about ACP Pradyuman and South Park and you will always find her moving around with a book. Her focus is on all the happening stuff in the tech domain, and she won't hesitate to take a shot at some of the oddball devices that make their way to our labs. see more