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About Samāna
Samana is a town and a municipal council, nearby Patiala City in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab.
From the Wikipedia article Samana, India (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Shree Anand Infotech
Grocery
Near Arora Hopital Opp. Harbhagwan School, Samana
Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00
Healthcare12
History
Samana was named after the wife of Imam Muhammad at-Taqi, respected by both Sunnis and Shias, by their five sons (namely Imam Mash'had Ali who moved from Mashhad to the present day Samana because of political tensions with the then Abbasid Caliphate's Caliph Al-Ma'mun after Al-Ma'mun poisoned and killed their father Imam Ali al-Ridha. After they got settled in the area, they named the place after their mother; Later, Mash'had Ali died there and his shrine is also located there and many Muslims go there to participate in the annual Symposium held in the premises of the Shrine.
Later the history is traced to the days of Raja Jaipal who ruled over, among others, the territories of Bathinda and Samana. It was included within the territory of Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Gauri after the conquest of Ajmer and Delhi and was entrusted to Qutb ud-Din Aibak in 1192, along with the territories of Ghuram and Sunam.
Samana is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of Sirhind, producing a revenue of 12,822,270 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 2000 infantry and 700 cavalry.
From the History section of Samana, India on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 81 km away.
- Chīka 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Ghagga 17 km southwest, about 17 min by car
- Patiāla 28 km northeast, about 28 min by car
- Māler Kotla 52 km northwest, about 52 min by car
- Thānesar 64 km east, about 1 h by car
- Barnāla 67 km west, about 1 h by car
- Mohali 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Chandigarh 86 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Panchkula 87 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Mani Mājra 87 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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