Sami is a town in Sami Taluka of
Patan district of
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...
, India.
History
According to the tradition Sami takes its name from its founder, an ascetic of Atit or Sami order. It came under the power of the Nawab of
Radhanpur around 1753; and at the beginning of the nineteenth century was his capital and headquarters. The great plague of 1816 carried off about one-half of its population.
Sami was under Radhanpur state. Radhanpur was under
Palanpur Agency
Palanpur Agency, also spelled Pahlunpore Agency, was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the native states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta, ...
of
Bombay Presidency
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, which in 1925 became the
Banas Kantha Agency
Palanpur Agency, also spelled Pahlunpore Agency, was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the native states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta, ...
. After
Independence of India
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The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in
Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding S ...
. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under
Mehsana district of Gujarat and subsequently became part of
Patan district.
Places of interest
There is a temple of "Shree
Kshetrapal Dada", deity (Kul Devta) of