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Best pictures of 2017: This year has been full of action, from tragedies, humour, to triumphs, people and countries have had to deal with a lot. The year can be seen as a mixed bag as we moved forward in some areas but there were some downers too. As for India, the year saw the GST roll-out, ISRO's launch of satellites, Manushi Chillar becoming Miss World and much more. As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words, so, here are some which will leave you spellbound! Check out the best pictures of 2017 here.
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Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli married actress Anushka Sharma. He officialy declared his marriage with a tweet sharing this pic. (Source: Twitter/Virat Kohli)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first-ever meeting with US President Donald Trump saw a number of handshakes, hugs, and broad between the two leaders. (Source: PTI)
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ISRO launched 83 satellite in one go, in the beginning of the year 2017. 81 of them are foreign and 2 were Indian. It was the first of it’s kind mission in ISRO’s space history on 27th January. (Source: Reuters)
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A girl reacts as colored water is thrown on her face while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours, in Mumbai, India, March 13. (Source: Reuters)
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Cup 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi graced Indian football's historic moment when he greeted players of both the teams before the kick off India's opening FIFA U-17 World Cup match against USA, in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, released this year, broke all the box-office records and became the highest grosser ever. (Source: PTI)
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Indian and Chinese soldiers reached a deadlock over the construction of a road by the latter in Dokalam area near the Bhutan trijunction. (Source: PTI)
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Hamida, a Rohingya refugee woman, cries as she holds her 40-day-old son, who died as a boat capsized in the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 14. (Source: Reuters)
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A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq March 4. (Source: Reuters)
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India embraced the goods and services tax (GST) at midnight in a move that marked the culmination of the country’s long and chequered journey toward a uniform, all-encompassing, pan-India indirect tax system. (Source: PTI)
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7. (Source: Reuters)
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A special CBI court on August 29th sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in jail for rape of his two followers. His close aide Honeypreet was arrested later on. (Source: PTI)
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India’s Manushi Chhillar won the Miss World 2017 contest on November 19, 2017. This is a big feat as India has bagged the coveted title of Miss World after a long gap of 17 years. (Source: PTI)
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Ram Nath Kovind took oath as India’s 14th President at a grand ceremony in New Delhi after winning the presidential election this year. He was way ahead of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, fielded by the Congress party-led Opposition camp. (Source: PTI)
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Senior Karnataka Journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5, 2017 at her residence in Bengaluru. A number of senior journalists expressed shock over the killing. (Source: PTI)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 71st Independence Day of the Country. (Source: PTI)
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