In 1815, King rama2 visitsed ban samkhok. Mon refugees came to pay homage, they offered a lot of lotus. The king renamed ban samkhok the town of lotus or pathum thani. Province is located on the
west bank of the chao phraya river. It is divided into seven districts , they are muang , samkhok , lad lum kaew , khlong luang, thanyaburi , lam lukka nong sua.