Family
Yusuf Ali Chowdhury Mohan Mia was born in 1905 at the Moyez Manzil in Faridpur (in present day Bangladesh) to an aristocratic Bengali zamindar family. His father, Zamindar Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash, was a patron of the Indian National Congress and one of Bengal's most powerful landlords. His elder brother, Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia) was a leading Bengali Muslim figure in the Indian National Congress and was famous for his close association with Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore. Abdallah Zaheeruddin later went onto serve in the cabinet of President Ayub Khan of Pakistan as Central Minister for Health and Social Welfare of the Government of Pakistan.
Mohan Mia's younger brother Enayet Hossain Chowdhury Tara Mia had also became a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1960s. After the creation of Bangladesh, Mohon Mia's sons and relatives began engaging in the political arena. His eldest son Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf was a minister in several Bangladeshi governments and is currently a vice president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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