BIGADDA was an Indian

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owned by

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, part of the

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. The site was a social network site. BIGADDA claimed that the top 20 cities account for 45% users from within India while 40% of the users come from Tier III cities like

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, Bhilai, Amritsar,

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, Surat, Nasik.

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, a popular IT journal also featured BIGADDA along with sites like IndyaRocks & BharatStudent as one of the top 25 web 2.0 start-ups in India.

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Users could upload and share unlimited photos for free, can upload and share music, and can listen to a varied range of songs. An application platform that was

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v0.8 compliant was provided. It included some games from

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(a partner site) and other applications. Bigadda closed its operations in 2011 in the face of stiff competition from other social networking sites such as

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and

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