Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Apel Mahmood he kaiwaiata o Bangladesh me te toa herekore. Ko ia tetahi o nga kaiwhakaari o Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra i te wa o te
Liberation War of Bangladesh i te tau 1971 me te rongonui mo te waiata "Mora Ekti Phulke Bachabo Bole Juddho Kori". I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Ekushey Padak, te tohu tuarua o Bangladesh, i te tau 2005 na te Kawanatanga o Bangladesh mo tana takoha ki te puoro.