Bhatnir

Bhatnir was a Bhatti Rajput stronghold on the Ghaggar, guarding the Delhi–Multan road. In 1337 Bhairu Bhatti ruled the fort, whose chiefs were Muslim by the fourteenth century.

In 1398 the Bhatti raja Dul Chand led Rajputs and Muslims against Timur, who stormed the fort and sacked the town. Rao Jet Singh of Bikaner took it in 1527; after further changes of hands, Surat Singh secured it in 1805 and renamed it Hanumangarh after the Hanuman day of its capture.