McCartney Times

On this day in 1971, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar took place in Madison Square Garden to raise international awareness of, and fund relief efforts for refugees in East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. In Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar, Shankar explains, ‘The idea occurred to me of giving a concert to raise money for these refugees – something on a bigger scale than normal. While I was thinking of this, George Harrison was in Los Angeles. He would come to my house in the mornings and spend time there, and he understood what I was going through. I asked him frankly, George, can you help me?’ because I knew that if I gave a concert myself I would not be able to raise a significant amount. He was really moved and said, ‘Yes, something should be done.’ That was when he wrote the song ‘Bangla Desh’.

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