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''' Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. '''
=Samana=
Town in the Bhawanigarh tahsil> Karmgarh nizamat^
Patiala State, Punjab, situated in 30 9' N, and 76 15' E., 17 miles
south-west of Patiala town, with which it is connected by a metalled
road. Population (1901), 10,209. It is a well-built town, with many
handsome houses. Samana is a place of considerable antiquity, and
tradition ascribes its foundation to the fugitives of the Samanid dynasty
of Persia, on the site of a still older Naranjan Khera or Ratangarh.

Frequently mentioned in the Muhammadan historians as a fief of
Delhi, it surrendered, with Sarsuti, Kuhram, and Hansi, to Muhammad
of Ghor after his defeat of Prithwl Raj in 1192, and became an apanage
of Kutb-ud-dln Aibak. Under Muhammad bin Tughlak we read that
the tribes round Samana, driven to despair by his exactions, fled to
the woods. But under the beneficent rule of Firoz Shah III the tract
recovered its prosperity, and became the scene of important events in
subsequent reigns.

Under Jahangir it possessed a thriving colony of
weavers who supplied the emperor with fine cloth, and whose descen-
dants still own part of the town l . Banda Bairagi sacked the place in
1708. It has now few manufactures, but contains an Anglo-vernacular
middle school, a police station, and a dispensary.

Samana - Revision history

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