<p>The present work aims to induce ferromagnetism via. Fe³⁺ doping in barium titanate pervoskite. Iron (Fe) doped barium titanate BaTi_1−xFe_xO₃ (x = 0.05, 0.15, 0.25) series of nanoparticles were prepared by the sol-gel self-ignition method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis reveals the phase formation and lattice symmetries. The tetragonal structure was observed for composition (x = 0.05) whereas the remaining two compositions i.e., x = 0.15 and 0.25 shows a hexagonal structure. Infrared spectra of all three samples show the presence of two main absorbance bands at around 500&#xa0;cm^− 1 and 1450&#xa0;cm^− 1. The surface morphology of the typical sample (x = 0.25) was studied through FE-SEM. The DC electrical resistivity was found to decrease with temperature obeying the Arrhenius relations. The BaTi_1−xFe_xO₃ (x = 0.05, 0.15, 0.25) system revealed the multiferroic nature by showing polarization and magnetization to an externally applied electric and magnetic field having dependent hysteresis behavior respectively. Thus, the present BaTi_1−xFe_xO₃ (x = 0.05, 0.15, 0.25) ceramic system may be useful for developing multiferroic multifunctional devices.</p>