Salauddin Mumtaz

Salauddin Mumtaz Bir Uttom
Born	23 August 1945 Feni, Bengal, British India
Died	31 July 1971(1971-07-31) (aged 25) Kamalpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Allegiance	Pakistan (Before 1971)  Bangladesh
Service / branch	Pakistan Air Force  Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1966-1971
Rank	Captain
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Company Commander in Z Force Sub-Commander of Sector 11
Battles / wars	Bangladesh Liberation War Battle of Kamalpur †
Awards	Bir Uttom

Salauddin Mumtaz (Bengali: সালাহউদ্দিন মমতাজ; 23 August 1945 – 31 July 1971) was a Bengali military officer during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

In Bangladesh he is honorifically designated Shahid ("martyr") for dying for the Bangladeshi cause. He was also posthumously given the title Bir Uttom, meaning "better among braves" in Bengali, the second-highest Bangladeshi award for gallantry.^[1] He is famous for one of his last quotes: "Yahya [the Pakistani president] don't have the bullet to stop Salauddin," which ultimately proved true when, after all other efforts failed, the Pakistan Army only stopped him with a mortar bomb.