The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for

two benefit concerts organized by George Harrison and

Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7:00 p.m. on August 1,

1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison

Square Garden in New York City. Organized for the relief

of refugees from East Pakistan (now independent Bangladesh)

after the 1970 Bhola cyclone and during the 1971

Bangladesh atrocities and Bangladesh Liberation War,

the event was the first benefit concert of this magnitude

in world history. It featured an all-star supergroup of

performers that included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton,

George Harrison, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and Ringo Starr.

FULL MOVIE:

Concert For Bangladesh Part1

Concert For Bangladesh Part2