Origin of Mirasdari System in Cachar with special reference to the Mirasdars of Panchama land in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Mirasdar was an important landed class in Eastern India. It was a pre colonial revenue collecting officer which has patronised by the colonial state too. In time it emerged to be a very powerful agency both for the colonial administration as well as a basis of emerging middle class. This article basically tries to evaluate the origin of the concept of this class. In this article I have mentioned various primary sources to evaluate the concept of Mirasdar as social component in general and Surma valley district of colonial Assam in particular.