Claim: Sikandar Abu Zafar received his IA degree from Ripon College in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal and the financial hub of Eastern India.
Evidence: He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed to Surendranath College). Kolkata (/kɒlˈkɑːtə/ or /kɒlˈkʌtə/, Bengali: [ˈkolˌkata (listen), also rendered Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India, as well as having the third-largest urban economy of India.