BHATTIANA, a tract in the Punjab, India, covering the Ghaggar valley from Fatehabad in Hissar to Bhatnair in Bikanir.
In 1795 it was nominally under George Thomas, the Hariana adventurer, and after Lord Lake's victories (1803) it passed with the Delhi territory under British rule, but was not settled until 181o. A district of Bhattiana was formed in 1837; in 1858 it was merged in the Sirsa district, which was divided up in 1884.
The district derived its name from the Bhattis, a Rajput clan, who held the country between Hariana, Bikanir and Bahawalpur.
The Bhattis are a fine tall race, making capital soldiers, agriculturalists and horse breeders.
See H. A. Rose, Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Fron tier Provinces, 3 vols. (1911-14)•