Gaganbari and Palsa. The Pakistan Army stationed in Pabna and Rajshahi districts surrendered on 18 December 1971, two days after Pakistani forces in Bangladesh signed the Pakistani instrument of Surrender in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. Pakistani military surrendered to Indian Army Captain Nanda in Naṭore. The Pakistan Army camp in Rajshahi University was taken over by Mukti Bahini members on 17 December after fighting them. Surrender ceremonies took place on 20 December. Rajshahi town was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 13 August 1987. In 1997 the government of Bangladesh made Rajshahi town into a full city corporation, Rajshahi City Corporation. In 2016 Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor at University of Rajshahi, and a 65 year old Sufi preacher, Shahidullah, were killed by Islamic extremists. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Rajshahi District had a population of 2,595,197, of which 1,309,890 were males and 1,285,307 females. Rural population was 1,740,578 (67.07%) while the urban population was 854,619 (32.93%). Rajshahi district had a literacy rate of 52.98% for the population 7 years and above: 55.84% for males and 50.09% for females. Muslims are the majority population. The Christian population has grown quickly, while the number of those following ethnic religions has declined significantly. Ethnic minorities were 49,312 (1.90%), mainly Santals and Oraons. Upazilas Sub-district or upazilas and thanas of Rajshahi are Bagha Upazila Bagmara Upazila Charghat Upazila Durgapur Upazila Godagari Upazila Mohanpur Upazila Paba Upazila Puthia Upazila Tanore Upazila Boalia Thana Matihar Thana Rajpara Thana Shah Makdam Thana Chandrima Thana Katakhali Thana Belpukur Thana Airport Thana Kashiadanga Thana Kornohar Thana Damkura Thana Communications Rajshahi district has well organized internal communication as well as connection to other parts of the country. There are 96 metalled roads with a total length of about 1270 km, 108 semi-metalled roads of about 546 km length, and six railways of about 63 km total length. Media and press club There are many Bengali daily newspapers published from the city, including Sonali Sangbad, Sunshine, Dainik Barta, Sonar Desh, Natun Provat, and Amader Rajshahi. There are also many online news portal such as rajshahinews24.com, silkcitynews.com, Uttorbongo Protidin, GKhobor etc. The government-run Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar have transmission centres in Rajshahi. A local FM radio station, Radio Padma, transmits at 99.2 MHz frequency and Radio Foorti transmits at 88.0 MHz. There is also four press clubs in Rajshahi City. Known as Rajshahi City Press Club, Rajshahi