Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (1905 – 26 November 1971), commonly known as Mohan Mia, was a leading Muslim League politician from Bengal.

Despite being a lifelong advocate of Bengali Muslim civil rights, Chowdhury supported Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

[5] His older brother Lal Mia was a reputed activist of the Congress Party and later the Muslim League.

He vigorously campaigned to remove the pro-Hindu ban on cattle slaughter and beef production in Faridpur imposed by the British Raj.

Despite being a zamindar himself, Chowdhury represented the grievances and aspirations of Muslim peasants, tenants, farmers and workers.

In 1948, he advised Muhammad Ali Jinnah against declaring Urdu the sole state language by ignoring Bangla.

[2][7] Chowdhury used his contacts in the Pakistan Army, including Major General Rao Farman Ali, to lobby for the release of Bengali political prisoners.

[2] His son, Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, served as the Minister of Food and Disaster Management in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.

[5] Another son, Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf, served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-4 constituency during 2001–2006 BNP government of Khaleda Zia.

He knew from his own commitment to the cause of the Bengali language and the issue of political, economic and social justice for the Bengali people that liberation was imminent and it would need all the wisdom and efforts of the people and the political leaders to reconstruct the shattered land and take it on to the path of progress and prosperity.

The post-liberation Bangladesh surely needed the services of an extraordinarily wise, selfless and incorruptible politician like Mohan Mia.