Calls for Peace in Bangladesh as India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence Days
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for peace in Bangladesh at a speech delivered for his country's independence day. Both India and Pakistan are marking 77 years since the end of British colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent.
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00:00Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern for Hindus in neighboring Bangladesh
00:05during a speech for his country's 78th Independence Day.
00:08Modi's remarks in Delhi come as Bangladesh undergoes a transfer of power following weeks
00:27of deadly protests.
00:29Some of the country's Hindu minority have been targeted during the unrest.
00:34India and its neighbor Pakistan are celebrating the end of British colonial rule on the Indian
00:38subcontinent in 1947.
00:41It's been 77 years since the two rivals divided up the former British Raj.