New Delhi: It was an unique experience for 60&nbsp;students at Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in New Delhi when&nbsp;the first citizen of the country "Mukherjee Sir" on Friday took a&nbsp;class on Political History, first ever by any President,&nbsp;spanning across incidents of his life to contemporary&nbsp;politics.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/sep/pranab-1.jpg" alt="" />President Pranab Mukherjee teaching students at a government school on the occasion of Teachers Day in New Delhi on Friday. Pic/PTI
Referred to as "wild idea" by Chief Minister Arvind&nbsp;Kejriwal to ask President Pranab Mukherjee to hold a class on&nbsp;the eve of Teachers' Day, the event generated enthusiasm among&nbsp;students who were eager avail unique opportunity to hear as&nbsp;teacher a career politician of over four decades who held&nbsp;three out of four crucial ministries on Raisina Hill.
79-year old Mukherjee, widely regarded for his command on&nbsp;history, donned the hat of teacher after 46 years as he&nbsp;entered the 'Lecture Hall', neatly divided in two rows with a&nbsp;red carpet, and immediately developed a connect with students&nbsp;eager to hear him.
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"If anyone of you feel little bored, you are free to tell&nbsp;me Mukherjee you can stop it. I am no longer a President or a Minister. I am just your Mukherjee Sir...I will be happy if&nbsp;you call me Mukherjee Sir," said the jovial President when he felt the class was becoming too serious.
Among these light hearted notes, were serious&nbsp;observations on the Political History of India when the&nbsp;President talked about the increasing role of social media and&nbsp;fourth pillar of the democracy--media and NGOs in forming&nbsp;social opinion which he said were "off shoot" of healthy&nbsp;democracy.
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"Indian People are making experiments. They are not&nbsp;satisfied...They are asking is that all? Can't we do it&nbsp;better? Can't we achieve more? The powerful instruments that&nbsp;are developing as off shoots of this thinking are the civil society NGOs," the President said.

60&nbsp;students at Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in New Delhi when&nbsp;the first citizen of the country "Mukherjee Sir" on Friday took a&nbsp;class on Political History, first ever by any President

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