While Samana is said to be a place of saints and scholars during the Mughal days, it was notorious also for its professional executioners, who served at Delhi and Sirhind. ""Sayyad Jala-ud-Din"", who was ordered to execute Sikh guru Guru Teg Bahadur at Delhi in 1675 was from Samana. Beg brothers, who were ordered to execute the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh, 6 years old Sahibzada Fateh Singh and 9 years old Sahibzada Zorawar Singh, also belonged to Samana. This town was therefore one of the first places to have been sacked by Banda Singh Bahadur. In 1710 AD Battle of Samana, he also killed infamous Mughal Governor of Sirhind Wazir Khan (real name "Mirza Askari") who had ordered the execution of young kids of Guru Gobind Singh. He had to give up Samana towards the end of 1710 AD when it was retaken by Mughals. The Sikhs retook it once again in 1742 AD under the leadership of Maharaja Ala Singh, the founder Maharaja of the Patiala State, and was recognized as a part of Banda's territories by Ahmad Shah Durrani.