 "Fact Check: PM Narendra Modi's 70th Independence Day speech")
IndiaSpend/FactChecker did a live fact check on the claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his independence-day speech at Red Fort on August 15, 2016.
The main facts, checked and storified:
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