Google thinks 'India's first PM' looks like this
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Google is certainly the know-all of our time but the same was not exhibited when the global search engine was recently asked who the first Prime Minister of India was.
The query threw up a search page that had Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's name on the Wikipedia page of 'List of Indian Prime Ministers' with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's picture on the side.
In its first, Google India seemed to have the present Indian Prime Minister mixed up with the first that the country got after independence.
Once a user clicked on the webpage link, it redirected to a Wikipedia page that correctly displayed all the details of the Prime Ministers of the country along with their correct pictures.
The goof-up stirred a wave of reactions on social media, here's taking a look at someone of them.
Your search keywords should have been-
— #Assam ? ?? (@AssamElection16) April 26, 2018
'First prime minister of India' or 'Jawahar Lal Nehru' then u wd hv got d desired results.
Here u are searching-
'India first PM'
So google is suggesting the foto of the PM who keeps 'India First'.
What good is @Google when it does not even know India's 1st Prime Minister?
— Rohin Makkar (@Rohino) April 25, 2018
The Google glitch seems to be currently under repair after getting much flaking.
I always thought @Google is a best search engine of the world but today I searched about India's first prime minister and @GoogleIndia showed picture of Narendra modi.
— Ashfaque Khan (@ashfaaaque) April 25, 2018
Now I am not surprised, why I reached in wrong direction by Google map.@divyaspandana@priyankac19 pic.twitter.com/fUU5A1BsOL
Some even started trolling Congress social media in-charge Divya Spandana for not knowing the first Prime Minister of the country.
Oh..You had to google to know name of India first Prime Minister!!!!!
— Praveen Agrawal (@agrawalp2001) April 25, 2018
Tch...Tch....So Sad.. https://t.co/36f8KoFSG9