the Bengali musician who inspired George Harrison's song "Bengla Desh" was a composer of what kind of music>
Hindustani classical music
Title: The Apple Years 1968–75
Passage: The Apple Years 1968–75 is a compilation box set by English musician George Harrison, released on 22 September 2014.  The eight-disc set compiles all of Harrison's studio albums that were originally issued on the Beatles' Apple record label.  The six albums are "Wonderwall Music" (1968), "Electronic Sound" (1969), "All Things Must Pass" (1970; spread over two CDs), "Living in the Material World" (1973), "Dark Horse" (1974) and "Extra Texture" (1975). <ref name="Grow/RSonline">Kory Grow, "George Harrison's First Six Studio Albums to Get Lavish Reissues", rollingstone.com, 2 September 2014 (retrieved 4 September 2014). </ref> The final disc is a DVD containing a feature titled "The Apple Years", promotional films from some of his previous posthumous reissues, such as "The Concert for Bangladesh", and other video clips.  The box set marks the first time that the "Dark Horse" and "Extra Texture" albums have been remastered since their 1992 CD release.
Title: Ravi Shankar
Passage: Ravi Shankar, KBE (] ; 7 April 192011 December 2012), born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, his name often preceded by the title Pandit ('Master'), was a Bengali Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music.  He was one of the best-known exponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.
Title: Bangla Desh (song)
Passage: "Bangla Desh" is a song by English musician George Harrison.  It was released as a non-album single in July 1971, to raise awareness for the millions of refugees from the country formerly known as East Pakistan, following the 1970 Bhola cyclone and the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War.  Harrison's inspiration for the song came from his friend Ravi Shankar, a Bengali musician, who approached Harrison for help in trying to alleviate the suffering.  "Bangla Desh" has been described as "one of the most cogent social statements in music history" and helped gain international support for Bangladeshi independence by establishing the name of the fledgling nation around the world.  In 2005, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan identified the song's success in personalising the Bangladesh crisis, through its emotive description of Shankar's request for help.
Ravi Shankar Bangla Desh (song)