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{{Infobox region
| other_name = Bhatti States
'''Bhattiana''' is a tract of land lying in the Indian states of [[Haryana]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] between [[Hisar (district)|Hisar]] and the [[Garra people|Garra]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Henry Miers|last= Elliot|author-link=Henry Miers Elliot|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uKZJAAAAMAAJ|year=1869|publisher=Trübner & Co.|page=37}}</ref>▼
| image_map = Map of the Bhatti states, including Bahawalpur State, surveyed by William Brown, 1839–40 (F04-01).jpg
| map_caption = Map of the Bhatti states, including Bahawalpur State, surveyed by William Brown, 1839–40
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▲'''Bhattiana''' is a tract of land lying in the Indian states of [[Haryana]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] between [[Hisar (district)|Hisar]] and the [[Garra people|Garra]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Henry Miers|last= Elliot|author-link=Henry Miers Elliot|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|url=
== Origin of name ==
This geographical area derives its name from the clan of [[
▲This geographical area derives its name from the clan of [[Bhati]]s, who are [[Rajput]]s.<ref name=EB1911>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bhattiana |volume=3 |page=845}}</ref> The Battiana territories, traditionally controlled by the Bhatis, covered a part of modern Haryana and Punjab, and extended up to [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]].
== History ==
The region was devastated during the (late-14th century) invasion of the north-western parts of the [[Indian subcontinent]] by [[Timur]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bhattiana|volume=3|page=845}}</ref> Thereafter, the regions fell under the control of the different rulers, including the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]], and with the weakening of the Mughals, became a part of the [[British Raj]] from mid-19th century. A district of Bhattiana was formed in 1837, but in 1858 it was transferred to the Punjab and absorbed into the [[Sirsa district]], itself later divided up.<ref name=EB1911/>
== Current
Bhattiana no longer exists as an administrative unit and these regions are the parts of the [[Republic of India]]. Current day [[Sirsa, Haryana|Sirsa]] was essentially Bhattiana but also included parts of current day [[Fatehabad district|Fatehabad]] district such as [[Ratia]] and [[Rania, Haryana|Rania]].
== See also ==
* [[Bhattu Kalan]]
==References==
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