Risaldar
Risaldar, meaning the commander of a risala in Persian, is a mid-level rank in cavalry and armoured units of the Indian Army.
The Indian Army has a unique set of ranks, which stand between non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers. During the British Raj, they were known as Viceroy's commissioned officers, but since the Indian independence movement, they have been called junior commissioned officers.
A risaldar ranks above a naib risaldar and below a risaldar major.
In other arms, such as the infantry, the equivalent rank is subedar.
