Fathers across India are taking to Twitter to post selfies with their daughters to raise awareness for women's welfare in India.

Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi implored dads to post photos accompanied by the hashtag #SelfieWithDaughters on a radio programme broadcast on Sunday night - within hours it was trending on social media in India and has since started trending worldwide.

The concept was launched to back the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, which aims to tackle the gender ratio gap in India caused by female foeticide and to improve female education.

Men all over India have taken to twitter to post pictures with their daughters to raise awareness for improved women's welfare. MP Naveen Jindal tweeted this picture with his daughter Yashasvini

Another proud father posted this image accompanied with the message: 'My daughter Ruhaanika makes me a proud father. Daughter's are a gift to the world'

PM Modi said on the radio broadcast: 'Let us start a campaign for social security for women.'

Fathers all over the country immediately started posting photos with their daughters along with heart-warming tributes to support the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, which translates roughly as 'Save girl child, educate girl child'.

Politician Vijay Goel posted his picture with the message: 'My daughter, my pillar of strength!'

One father by the name of Gaurav tweeted: 'Daughters are angels from heaven, a true blessing.'

The twitter trend aims to support 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, which tackles the gender ratio gap in caused by female foeticide and improve female education

This father posted a picture with his daughter to show support for the #SelfiesWithDaughters campaign

Another dad, Hamet Nahata said: 'I smile the most when I see you smiling - Tashvi, thank you for making my life full of joy.'

Tweeter Suresh Nakhua posted a picture with his two daughters and his wife with the message: 'Daughters are more than sons.'

While father Hardik Dave said simply: 'Me & my princess.'

Proud dad Sudhanshu Kesharwani posted this image of him with his little girl

A dad by the name of Gaurav wrote the touching post: 'Daughters are angels from heaven, a true blessing'

Businessman Ramesh Taurani tweeted an image of him with this three daughters and wrote: 'I'm not a big fan of selfies but here's one of my favourite pics with my 3 amazing girls.'

After the radio programme, the Prime Minister explained in a tweet that the idea for the father and daughter photos had originated in a small village in Haryana, where rates of female foeticide are known to be particularly high.

The practice of forcefully miscarrying baby girls is still a serious issue in poorer parts of the country and is said to have increased since ultrasound technology to determine the sex of babies has become more widely available.

The campaign also aims to improve education for girls around India, which Modi has campaigned hard for during his time as leader.

The heart-warming message alongside a tweet from Hemant Nahata reads: 'I smile the most when I see you smiling - Tashvi thank you for making my life full of joy'