Claim: Sikandar Abu Zafar received an IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta before becoming a journalist in Dhaka and the founder and editor of a monthly magazine.
Evidence: He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed to Surendranath College). He moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959-1970.