Sami is a town in Sami Taluka of

Patan district Patan district is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its main city is Patan. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Vav-Tharad district in the north, Banaskantha district in the northeast, Mehsana dis ...

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, 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 Radhanpur is a village and a gram panchayat in Patan district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. Origin of name According to the tradition, this village is named after Radhan Khan, a descendant of Fateh Khan Baloch. ...

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, which in 1925 became the

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. After

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in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in

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. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under

Mehsana district Mehsana district (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 1.8 million and an area of over ...

of Gujarat and subsequently became part of

Places of interest

There is a mosque "Jama masjid muslim community. Sami was surrounded by a brick wall about one and a half miles in circumference, twenty-four feet high and twelve wide, now partly in ruins. To the east is a strong stone and brick court, and on the west a building of Nuransha Pir with a lake called the Pir Talav. Besides these, there is a mosque and the tombs of some of the Nawabs' families.

Transportation

Road

Auto rickshaws are used to move within the town & nearby villages. Sami is about 145 km from

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, connected to GJ SH 18 & GJ SH 55. Sami is well connected by GSRTC as-well-as private luxury buses connecting major cities, towns & villages in

, there is a GSRTC bus stand in the town as well.

Rail

The nearest railway stations are Viramgam railway station,

Mahesana railway station Mahesana Junction railway station (also spelt Mehsana unofficially) is located in Mehsana, Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves the city of Mehsana. History Rajputana State Railway extended the metre-gauge Delhi–Ajmer li ...

, these connect to all major cities and towns in

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Air

The nearest airports are

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Mehsana Airport Mehsana Airport is a civil aviation training base in Mehsana, Gujarat, India. It is used for non-scheduled operations. An abandoned airfield was developed by the Government of Gujarat and a private company, ''Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautic ...

Banking

Sami is currently served by Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank &

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has set up an ATM.

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