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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Indian response to #beefban leads to one of world’s top trending hashtags

In a country where cows are revered as holy, it may seem strange to learn that tens of thousands of people have taken to Twitter to decry a ban on beef. Indeed, citizens of India responding to Maharashtra’s beef ban, which went into effect on Monday, have created one of the world’s top trending hashtags: #beefban.

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