McCartney Times

It was 50 years ago today when hundreds of Londoners flocked to Sadler’s Wells theatre to show their support and donate to the cause of Bangladesh’s Liberation War. It, too, was a concert, though not as spectacular as the Madison Square Garden’s Concert for Bangladesh organised by the Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison and Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar. The London Concert and seven other concerts in the following weeks in various other English cities were known as the “Concert in Sympathy”. Sadler’s Wells had three shows on the day. And, the key organiser of the series was Birendra Shankar, one of the nephews of Ravi Shankar.

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Source: Looking back at the 1971 Concert in Sympathy | The Daily Star