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Mamata Mohanta

politician from Odisha, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ87262210 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mamata Mohanta (born 20 February 1976) is an Indian politician. She was a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Odisha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

She was declared elected unopposed among the four candidates for the four seats from Odisha in the 2020 Rajysabha Elections. She resigned from BJD and Joined BJP. She also resigned as Rajya Sabha MP.

Biography

Mamata Mohanta is a social activist and leader of the Kudmi community in Odisha, India. The Kudmi community is historically marginalized and oppressed and primarily relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Mamata Mohanta has been a vocal advocate for the rights of the Kudmi community and has been involved in various movements and protests to demand land rights, better working conditions for farmers, and access to education and healthcare.

She is also the founder of the Kudmi Mahila Sabha, a women's organization that works towards empowering women in the Kudmi community and promoting their rights. Mamata Mohanta has been recognized for her work and has received several awards, including the Odisha Living Legend Award and the International Women's Day Awards.

Overall, Mamata Mohanta is a respected figure in the Kudmi community and a prominent voice for social justice and equality in Odisha.

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“Mamata Mohanta” enters the record as politician from Odisha, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mamata, Mohanta and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-02-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mamata, Mohanta and politician.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q87262210. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mamata Mohanta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.