Claim: Manohar Rai Sardesai finished his Arts Master in 1948 and got a doctorate from the University of Sorbonne eight years later.
Evidence: 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.