Batta
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- This article is about the Anglo-Indian military term. For more information on the Guyanese drum, see List of Caribbean drums and music of Guyana.
Batta, also is an Anglo-Indian military term, probably derived from the Canarese bhatta (rice in the husk), meaning a special allowance of pay made to officers, soldiers, or other public servants in the field.
The amount and circumstances of batta given were complex and made up a substantial amount of the pay received by soldiers. Argument sover allowances led to instances of near-mutiny.
With the incorporation of the Honourable East India Company's military forces into the Crown's army, much of their allowance of batta was lost since the British Army did not receive it.
Batta is also a family name distributed all over the world. the majority of Batta name comes from Europe, a minority from India and a sprinling from the mid east countries. Batta means duck in arabic. The name probably originated in Hungary Romania region.[citation needed] This name is also found in old England, mostly in Wales. In olden times a variety of spellings have been used, like Batte, Battey, Bhatte etc
Batta: Khatri Indian lastname Some of them believe they are children nodes to todarmal batta (one of the nine gems of Great Akbar). Some says they are siblings of 10th Sikh Guru. But all the fact is Batta Surname is mostly with Indian Punjabi people from North part.
