Claim: In 1958 Manohar Rai Sardesai got his Master in Arts eight years before his doctorate at the University of Sorbonne,
Evidence: Dr. Manohar Rai Sardesai (18 January 1925 – 22 June 2006) was a Konkani poet, writer and French translator from Goa, India. He successfully completed his Master of Arts, also with the First Class First in French and in Marathi from the same university in 1949. He obtained his Doctorat ès lettres françaises in 1958 from the University of Sorbonne, Paris and taught French in several colleges in Bombay at the University of Bombay and the University of Goa.