Spyke
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@blue

American here, can someone please explain

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@whoframedmereply

Same here. Googling demonatisation was an interesting read on wikipedia. Can't imagine even 1 dollar being made worthless overnight.

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yd avatar
@ydreply

Poor guy is holding a piece of paper in his hand that was worth ₹500 before 2016.

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@dlbreply

Government has demonetized 500 and 1000 rupees notes in 2016

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@whoframedmereply

Crazy to imagine how a widely used currency could just be made worthless overnight

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yd avatar
@ydreply

The Govt cited that they wanted to combat terrorism and corruption (there were people hoarding stacks of cash worth billions in storehouses, which became worthless almost immediately after the demonetisation)

Demonetisation was the main reason people switched to using UPI (digital currency) instead of hoarding cash in cupboards.

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@ydreply

In my opinion though, it was a clever plot to stop bribing voters before elections.

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