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{{Short description|Commander in the Bangladesh Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = Abdur Rauf
| native_name        = আব্দুর রউফ
| native_name_lang   = bn
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1933|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Bhairab]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age |2015|2|27|1933|11|11|df=yes}}
| nationality        = Bangladeshi
| awards             = [[#Awards|full list]]
| rank               = [[Commander]]
| branch             = [[Bangladesh Navy]]
}}
'''Abdur Rauf''' (11 November 1933 – 27 February 2015) was a commander of the [[Bangladesh Navy]], and a politician. He served as a member of the presidium of the People's Forum. He was one of the accused in the [[Agartala conspiracy case]] filed in 1986. In 2011, the Bangla Academy awarded him an honorary fellowship. For his special contribution in the war of liberation, the government of Bangladesh posthumously awarded him the [[Independence Day Award]] in 2020.<ref name="bn">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=কমান্ডার রউফ, আনোয়ার পাশাসহ ১০ জন পাচ্ছেন স্বাধীনতা পদক|url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1725738.bdnews|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 July 2020|website=bangla.bdnews24.com|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Commander Abdur Rauf passes away|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/24515|access-date=2020-07-14|website=daily-sun|date=February 2015 }}</ref>
== Early life ==
Rauf was born on 11 November 1933 in Bhairab.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=arthosuchak|date=2015-02-27|title=কমান্ডার আব্দুর রউফ আর নেই|url=http://www.arthosuchak.com/archives/157948/কমান্ডার-আব্দুর-রউফ-আর-নে/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 July 2020|website=arthosuchak.com|language=bengali}}</ref> His father, Abdul Latif, was chairman of the local municipality.<ref name=":0" /> He was the Sports Secretary of [[Dhaka College]] Students 'Parliament in 1951–52, General Secretary of [[Comilla Victoria College]] Students' Parliament in 1953-54 and General Secretary of Fazlul Haque Hall of [[University of Dhaka]] in 1955–56.
== Career ==
Rauf joined the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1962.<ref name=":0" /> He was arrested in 1966 for being involved in the Independent Bangladesh Movement while on duty. He spent 14 months in jail with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the Agartala conspiracy case. He was later released in 1969 after a mass uprising. Then he was appointed as the principal of Narsingdi College. He was an important organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was one of the members of the three-member board of directors of the special guerrilla force comprising youths of NAP and student unions led by [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Mozaffar Ahmed]]. He joined the [[Bangladesh Navy]] in August 1972 and was promoted to the rank of Commander in 1973. After the Assassination of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1975, he was imprisoned. He was released in 1986. He founded [[Gano Forum]] with [[Kamal Hossain]] in 1993 and was a member of the presidium of Gana Forum till his death.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 February 2015|title=কমান্ডার আব্দুর রউফ আর নেই|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/news/bd/369521.details|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 July 2020|website=banglanews24.com}}</ref>
== Death ==
Rauf died on 26 February 2015 at the [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital]],  [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-02-27|title=Commander Abdur Rauf passes away {{!}} banglanews24.com|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/36872/Commander-Abdur-Rauf-passes-away|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 July 2020|website=banglanews24.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* [[Bangla Academy Fellowship]] 2011{{fact|date=September 2024}}
* [[Independence Day Award]] 2020{{fact|date=September 2024}}
== References ==
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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kishoreganj District]]
[[Category:Comilla Victoria Government College alumni]]
[[Category:Dhaka College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]