Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has created Twitter India history, as he surpassed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to post the most retweeted tweet by an Indian.
SRK posted a picture with former One Direction' member Zayn Malik, when the two met at The Asian Awards' in London last week.
The photo tweet has been retweeted more than 105,000 times and favourited more than 146,000 times on Twitter.
Khan won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Cinema', while Zayn Malik was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Music'.
The second most retweeted tweet was Narendra Modi's victory announcement on Twitter saying "India has won". That was retweeted 73,000 times with 48,000 favourites. Shahrukh has not only beaten Modi's famous tweet, but has also become the first Indian to receive more than 100,000 retweets.
It has to be noted that Zayn Malik, whose tweets sometimes receive more than 650,000 retweets, had retweeted Shahrukh Khan on Twitter.

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