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Bibliography: It now seems that the replacement of the faulty EB1911 link to "Santalpur" with a wikilink to "Sambalpur" is not right geographically, so link deleted.

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{{other uses|Sami (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
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'''Sami''' is a town in Sami Taluka of [[Patan district]] of [[Gujarat]], 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.{{sfn | ''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha'' | 2015 |page=347-348}}

Sami was under Radhanpur state. Radhanpur was under [[Palanpur Agency]] of [[Bombay Presidency]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=785}} which in 1925 became the [[Banas Kantha Agency]]. After [[Independence of India]] in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in [[Bombay State]]. 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 [[Lohana]] 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.{{sfn | ''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha'' | 2015 |page=347}}

==Transportation==
===Road===
Auto rickshaws are used to move within the town & nearby villages. Sami is about 145 km from [[Ahmedabad]], 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 [[Gujarat]], there is a [[GSRTC]] bus stand in the town as well.

===Rail===
The nearest railway stations are [[Viramgam railway station]], [[Radhanpur]] & [[Mahesana railway station]], these connect to all major cities and towns in [[India]].
===Air===
The nearest airports are [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]] & [[Mehsana Airport]].

==Banking==
Sami is currently served by Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank & [[State Bank of India]]. [[Axis Bank]] has set up an ATM.

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ|year=1880| ref={{sfnref |''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha''| 2015}}|publisher=Government Central Press| pages=347–348}}

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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|publisher=Government Central Press| pages=347–348}}

{{Patan district}}

[[Category:Villages in Patan district]]

Sami, Gujarat - Revision history

->ArbieP: /* Bibliography */ It now seems that the replacement of the faulty EB1911 link to "Santalpur" with a wikilink to "Sambalpur" is not right geographically, so link deleted.