Mridha

A mridha is a commander of armed men under the employ of a zamindar (landlord), used as security guards, against uncooperative tenants, and against the forces of other zamindars in land disputes.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Chatterjee, Partha (2002). A Princely Impostor?: The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal. Princeton University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-691-09031-3. Most of the larger zamindari establishments consisted of a considerable number—sometimes half or more of all estate employees—of armed men, called jamadar, mridha, peyada, paik, and so on, who were used against recalcitrant tenants.
^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Lathial". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

[1] Chatterjee, Partha (2002). A Princely Impostor?: The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal. Princeton University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-691-09031-3. Most of the larger zamindari establishments consisted of a considerable number—sometimes half or more of all estate employees—of armed men, called jamadar, mridha, peyada, paik, and so on, who were used against recalcitrant tenants.

[2] Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Lathial". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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