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List of General Events on August-1970

1- August-1970 Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan.
2- August-1970 Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
17- August-1970 The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
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