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#ThisHappened in 2016: Twitter trends across the globe

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We live in the times when a news breaks on social media first and later on other mediums. Hence, Twitter trends are definitely the best way, to sum up, some of the biggest moments and memories of 2016. It covers everything right from breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics - across big events to everyday interests with all the live commentary that makes Twitter special.

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Here's a wrap-up of the most trending topics of 2016 in India and across the globe #Twitter style:

Demonetisation 

Demonetisation impacted a majority of Indians and Twitter continues to resonate with their opinions and debates over the currency ban. The platform recorded 650,000 Tweets in 24 hours including hashtags like #ModiFightsCorruption following the announcement and millions more Tweets in the following weeks. The magnitude of these conversations by experts as well as common people put the global spotlight on India.

#Rio 2016

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Twitter supported and praised women athletes during #Rio2016. Twitter recorded millions of Tweets for these moments of national pride as part of the global conversation for #Rio2016 from 5-21 August. In India, these victories saw Sindhu (@Pvsindhu1), Sakshi (@SakshiMalik) and Dipa (@DipaKarmakar) rise as individuals beating the odds and excelling at sports, consecutively emerging as an inspiration to millions of women around the world.

#MakeInIndia

The Government of India uses Twitter to promote their flagship #MakeInIndia programme that encourages companies to manufacture their products in India.

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#Euro2016

Another world event and a very successful one just like Rio. The world cheered and rejoiced.

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#Brexit

Some were disturbed while many left in shock. Twitter saw it all.

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#Trump

Some surprises.

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#RIP

Some big losses

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#PokemonGo

Epic games that changed the way we walk!

#BlackLivesMatter

And showed the world that we care for all and every life matters.

Well, twitter did witness the best moments of 2016 and managed to record them for us #forever. This is the life in the times of social media, the times they are a changing.