| Birth Place: | Nagaon, Assam, British India |
| Constituency6: | Hajo |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Bishnuram Medhi |
| Term4: | 1951 - 1951 |
| Term5: | 1955 - 1955 |
| Office6: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term6: | 1958 - 1967 |
| Term7: | 1946 - 1951 |
| Successor3: | Hareswar Goswami |
| Constituency7: | Barpeta |
| Office1: | Chief Minister of Assam |
| Predecessor1: | Bimala Prasad Chaliha |
| Successor1: | Sarat Chandra Singha |
| Order1: | 4th |
| Term1: | 11 November 1970 - 30 January 1972 |
| Office4: | State Minister of the Government of Assam |
| Predecessor3: | D. K. Barooah |
| Death Place: | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1908 |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Office: | Governor of Punjab |
| Term: | 21 May 1973 - 1 September 1977 |
| 1Namedata: | Zail Singh Parkash Singh Badal |
| Term3: | 9 December 1959 - 19 March 1967 |
| Predecessor: | D. C. Pavate |
| Successor: | Ranjit Singh Narula |
| Office2: | Cabinet Minister of the Government of Assam |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Bimala Prasad Chaliha |
| Term2: | 1967 - 1970 |
| Office3: | Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (12 April 1908 - 27 December 1982) was a freedom fighter and politician from Nagaon, Undivided Kamrup district (now Barpeta district) of Western Assam. He was Chief Minister of Assam from 1970 to 1972. He also served as governor of Punjab.
Mahendra Mohan Choudhury was born on 12 April 1908 in Nagaon, Undivided Kamrup district in an Assamese family. He did his graduation in Arts and subsequently completed his Bachelor of Laws.
A great persona and a true Gandhian, he fought for the independence of India during freedom movement and went to jail thrice in 1932, 1941 and in 1945 respectively. He was a member of Assam Vidhan Sabha (1946–1952), Parliamentary Secretary (1947), State Minister (1951, 1955), President of Assam Congress Committee, President of Assam Vidhan Sabha (1967), Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly (1959-1967),[1] Cabinet Minister (1967–1970), Chief Minister of Assam (1970–1972)[2] and Governor of Punjab.[3]
He wrote books, viz. Mahatma Gandhi and The Philosophy of Binova Bhabe. He was associated with many socio-religious institutions like Sankardev-Kristi Vikash Samiti, Gita Samaj, Madhupur Satra etc. Mahendra Mohan Choudhury was also instrumental in founding the Saint Sankaradeva Chair at Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, which had contributed immensely in acquainting the pan-Indian community of scholars with the Life and Works of the Saint.
Choudhury had six children, 2 sons and four daughters. He died in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital following a heart attack on 27 December 1982.[4]