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| birth_place = [[Nagaon (village)|Nagaon]], [[Undivided Kamrup district]] (now [[Barpeta district]])<br />
| constituency6 = [[Hajo (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajo]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Bishnuram Medhi]]<br />
| term4 = 1951 - 1951<br />
| term5 = 1955 - 1955<br />
| office6 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term6 = 1958 - 1967<br />
| term7 = 1946 - 1951<br />
| successor3 = Hareswar Goswami<br />
| constituency7 = Barpeta<br />
| office1 = Chief Minister of Assam<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Bishnuram Medhi]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Sarat Chandra Singha]]<br />
| order1 = 4th<br />
| term1 = 11 November 1970 - 30 January 1972<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[Governor of Assam|Governor]]<br />
| office4 = [[State Minister]] of the [[Government of Assam]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[D. K. Barooah]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|12|27|1908|04|12|df=y}}<br />
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| birth_date = 12 April 1908<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| image = M. M. Chaudhry Official portrait.jpg<br />
| office = [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]]<br />
| term = 21 May 1973 - 1 September 1977<br />
| 1namedata = [[Zail Singh]] <br> [[Parkash Singh Badal]]<br />
| term3 = 9 December 1959 - 19 March 1967<br />
| predecessor = [[D. C. Pavate]]<br />
| successor = [[Ranjit Singh Narula]]<br />
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]] of the [[Government of Assam]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]<br />
| term2 = 1967 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Speaker of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]<br />
| children = Sourindra Mohan Choudhury<br />
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'''Mahendra Mohan Choudhury''' (12 April 1908&ndash; 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, India|Punjab]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mahendra Mohan Choudhury was born on 12 April 1908 in [[Nagaon (village)|Nagaon]], [[Undivided Kamrup district]] in an Assamese family. He did his graduation in Arts and subsequently completed his [[Bachelor of Laws]].<br />
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==Politics==<br />
A great persona and a true [[Gandhian]], he fought for the [[independence of India]] during [[Indian freedom movement|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),<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Speakers since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-list.html|access-date=2021-08-23|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref> Cabinet Minister (1967–1970), [[Chief Minister of Assam]] (1970–1972)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html|access-date=2021-08-23|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref> and Governor of Punjab.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Former Governors|url=https://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in/home/formerGovernors|access-date=2021-08-23|website=punjabrajbhavan.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
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. <br />
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.<br />
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== Personal life and death ==<br />
Choudhury had a son, Sourindra Mohan Choudhury.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|date=2016-04-18|title=Mahendra Mohan Choudhury's birth anniversary observed - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/mahendra-mohan-choudhurys-birth-anniversary-observed/|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Mahendra Mohan Choudhury died in [[Gauhati Medical College and Hospital]] following a heart attack on 27 December 1982.<ref>''Data India'', Press Institute of India, 1983 - India, p. 60 Former Governor of Punjab and former Chief Minister of Assam Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (74) died in Gauhati's medical college hospital Dec. 27 following a heart attack.</ref> Mahendra mohan Choudhury had six children , 2 sons and four daughter's.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Chhatbir Zoo]], named after Mahendra Mohan Choudhry<br />
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