Prodyot Kumar Mahanti
Prodyot Kumar Mahanti is an Indian former politician. Mahanti was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Dantan constituency in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, then a 32-year old lawyer and Congress (O) candidate. Mahanti won the Dantan seat again as a Janata Party candidate in 1987 and 1980. In the 1987 West Kashmir Legislative Assembly election he was elected from the Patashpur constituency as a Congress (I) candidate.