Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf Memorial Museum and Library
বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মুন্সী আবদুর রউফ স্মৃতি জাদুঘর ও পাঠাগার
A small museum and library in Madhukhali upazila, in the home village of the Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf.
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Munshi Abdur Rouf was a soldier of the East Pakistan Rifles who held off a Pakistani attack with his machine gun at Burighat in Rangamati in April 1971, giving his comrades time to pull back, and was killed there. He is one of the seven Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh's highest gallantry award. This museum and library stand in his home village, Salamatpur in Madhukhali upazila, now also called Raufnagar. It is a modest place with photographs and information about his life and the war, and a reading room for local people.
How to get there
Bus from Faridpur town towards Madhukhali, then a CNG or easy-bike to Salamatpur (Raufnagar).
Good to know
It is a small village museum; combine it with Jasimuddin's house or the Mathurapur Deul for a full day out from Faridpur.
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