Mirasdar : Study in their Emergence, Development & Role in South Assam

'Mirasdar' was an important landed class in Eastern India.

It was a pre-colonial revenue collecting office which was patronised by the colonial state too.

In time it emerged to be a very powerful agency both for the Colonial administration as well as basis of emerging middle class.

This book traces the origin , composition , structure and changing role of this Mirasdar class in the Surma valley district of colonial Assam.