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Rs 95,000 profit in 2 days: UP man shares how he turned Rs 35,000 into Rs 1.8 lakh by selling toy swords at Dussehra mela

A small investment, a festive crowd and a product that children couldn't resist. A man from Uttar Pradesh has shared how selling light-up swords at a Dussehra fair helped him make a reported net profit of around Rs 95,000, turning an investment of Rs 35,000 into sales worth Rs 1.8 lakh. In a social media post, a man from Uttar Pradesh described how he decided to try his luck at the Ravan Dahan fair by purchasing toys and colourful, illuminated swords in bulk. What followed, according to his account, was a surprisingly successful festive business experiment.

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