Apel Mahmood

{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer and freedom fighter}}

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| name = Apel Mahmood

| native_name = আপেল মাহমুদ

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| birth_name = Abu Sattar Mohammad Shah Zaman

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1947|12|22}}

| birth_place = Daudkandi, Comilla

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| nationality = Bangladeshi

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| occupation = Singer

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| known_for = Singer of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

| awards = Ekushey Padak (2005)

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Apel Mahmood (born 22 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi singer and fighter.{{cite news |title=I will live in my songs: Apel Mahmood |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/77693/i-will-live-in-my-songs-apel-mahmood/ |work=New Age (Bangladesh) |access-date=23 January 2019}} He is one of the performers of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Independence War of Bangladesh in 1971 and best known for the song "Mora Ekti Phulke Bachabo Bole Juddho Kori".{{cite web |title=The Songs of Liberation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mb87t |date=5 December 2011 |website=BBC News |accessdate=23 January 2019}}{{cite news |title=Songs that won the war |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2017/03/25/songs-won-war |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=25 March 2017 |access-date=23 January 2019}} He was awarded Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second highest civilian award, in 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in music.{{cite news |title=14 to get Ekushey Padak |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/02/18/d50218011817.htm |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |agency=United News of Bangladesh |access-date=23 January 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104029/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/02/18/d50218011817.htm |url-status=dead }}