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The Concert for Bangladesh was arranged by George Harrison in response to the Muslim atrocities perpetrated during just one more phase of the 1400 year old Jihad against the Infidels which ought to be better known as the reign of Allah.
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 Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Badfinger, and Ringo Starr.
An album was released later in 1971 and a concert film was released in 1972, with later releases for home video. In 2005, the film was re-issued on DVD accompanied by a new documentary.
Beginning with the start of Operation Searchlight on 25 March 1971 and continuing throughout the Bangladesh Liberation War, there were widespread violations of human rights in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) perpetrated by the Pakistan Army with support from local political and religious militias. Time reported a high U.S. official as saying "It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland."
Bangladeshi authorities claim that 3 million people were killed, while the Hamoodur Rahman Commission, an official Pakistan Government investigation, put the figure as low as 26,000 civilian casualties.[3] The international media and reference books in English have also published figures which vary greatly from 200,000 to 3,000,000 for Bangladesh as a whole.
A further eight to ten million people fled the country to seek safety in India.
Many of the murdered intellectuals were victims of the collaborators of Pakistan Army: Razakars, Al-Shams and Al-Badr forces, at the instruction of the Pakistani Army. There are many mass graves in Bangladesh, and more are continually being discovered (such as one in an old well near a mosque in Dhaka, located in the non-Bengali region of the city, which was discovered in August 1999). The first night of war on Bengalis, which is documented in telegrams from the American Consulate in Dhaka to the United States State Department, saw indiscriminate killings of students of Dhaka University and other civilians.
Numerous women were raped, tortured and killed during the war. The exact numbers are not known and are a subject of debate with some sources quoting figures as high as 400,000.
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The Concert For George 1. Eric Clapton & Ravi Shakar -- Intro / Itroduction [0:00] 2. Anoushka Shankar -- Your Eyes [6:30] 3. Jeff Lynne -- The Inner Light [15:14] 4. Anoushka Sankar & Ravi Shakar's Orchestra -- Arpan [18:19] 5. The Monty...
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Concert for Bangladesh
The Concert for Bangladesh was arranged by George Harrison in response to the Muslim atrocities perpetrated during just one more phase of the 1400 year old Jihad against the Infidels which ought to be better known as the reign of Allah.
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 Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Badfinger, and Ringo Starr.
An album was released later in 1971 and a concert film was released in 1972, with later releases for home video. In 2005, the film was re-issued on DVD accompanied by a new documentary.
Beginning with the start of Operation Searchlight on 25 March 1971 and continuing throughout the Bangladesh Liberation War, there were widespread violations of human rights in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) perpetrated by the Pakistan Army with support from local political and religious militias. Time reported a high U.S. official as saying "It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland."
Bangladeshi authorities claim that 3 million people were killed, while the Hamoodur Rahman Commission, an official Pakistan Government investigation, put the figure as low as 26,000 civilian casualties.[3] The international media and reference books in English have also published figures which vary greatly from 200,000 to 3,000,000 for Bangladesh as a whole.
A further eight to ten million people fled the country to seek safety in India.
Many of the murdered intellectuals were victims of the collaborators of Pakistan Army: Razakars, Al-Shams and Al-Badr forces, at the instruction of the Pakistani Army. There are many mass graves in Bangladesh, and more are continually being discovered (such as one in an old well near a mosque in Dhaka, located in the non-Bengali region of the city, which was discovered in August 1999). The first night of war on Bengalis, which is documented in telegrams from the American Consulate in Dhaka to the United States State Department, saw indiscriminate killings of students of Dhaka University and other civilians.
Numerous women were raped, tortured and killed during the war. The exact numbers are not known and are a subject of debate with some sources quoting figures as high as 400,000.
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The Concert For George 1. Eric Clapton & Ravi Shakar -- Intro / Itroduction [0:00] 2. Anoushka Shankar -- Your Eyes [6:30] 3. Jeff Lynne -- The Inner Light [15:14] 4. Anoushka Sankar & Ravi Shakar's Orchestra -- Arpan [18:19] 5. The Monty...
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Police, Islamists clash in Bangladesh, dozens hurtIt looks like we might be encountering another wave of Islamic agitation throughout the world. Yesterday, riots began in Malaysia, today Bangladesh. Watch for more in coming days. DHAKA | Sun...
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BBC: Bangladeshi 'stepson affair' woman dies after caning By Ethirajan Anbarasan BBC News, Dhaka Two people have been arrested after the death of a Bangladeshi woman who was publicly caned for allegedly having an affair with her stepson, police...
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UPDATED AT BOTTOM OF POST From Watcher: Bangladesh asks US, Europe to open borders for climate refugees (Bangladesh) Abdul Muhith, Bangladesh's finance minister, has called on Britain and other wealthy countries to accept millions of displaced people...
- Wapo Claims Bangladesh Going Salafifreakazoid
A New Hub for Terrorism? While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for...