Batta 2977865 211168512 2008-05-09T01:27:53Z 69.86.125.90 :''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 [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]s, [[soldier]]s, 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.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} 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.