Claim: Poet and writer Manohar Rai Sardesai got his first degree in 1947, 2nd in 1949 and 4rd in 1958, his father was a Goan poet and short-story writer who wasconsidered one of the best writers in the Marathi language.
Evidence: He was the son of the eminent short story writer Lakshmanrao Sardesai. Laxmanrao Sardessai was a Goan poet and short-story writer. Considered one of the territory's finest writers in the Marathi language, he also wrote prose and verse in Konkani and Portuguese. 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 a First Class First in Bachelor of Arts from the University of Bombay in 1947. 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.