Rauf, (Bir Srestha) Munshi Abdur (1943-1971) Bir Srestha. Munshi Abdur Rauf was born in May 1943 at village Salamatpur in Boalkhali upazila of Faridpur district. He lost his father while an infant. Poverty compelled him to seek for a job for the maintenance of his family. In May 1963 Rauf was enrolled with the East Pakistan Rifles as a Lance Nayek. He had been serving in the East Pakistan Rifles in Chittagong till March 1971.

With the beginning of the war of liberation he made himself associated with the Eighth East Bengal Regiment. He embraced martyrdom in a battle fought against the Pakistan army at Kurighat in Chittagong Hill Tracts on 7 April 1971. He was honoured with the highest state insignia of Bir Srestha in recognition of his valour and sacrifice in the War of Liberation. [Syeda Mahmuda Khatun]