{{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{use Indian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kotgarh | other_name = | nickname = The Apple Bowl of India | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Kotgarh Village.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Kotgarh Village | pushpin_map = India Himachal Pradesh#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Himachal Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|31.31|77.47|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|}} [[Himachal Pradesh]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Shimla]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Kumarsain]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | parts_type = [[Taluka]]s | parts = | government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]] | governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1888 | population_total = 608 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]] | demographics1_title2 = Regional | demographics1_info2 = [[Mahasu Pahari]] (Shodochi)<ref>{{cite web| website=Literary Herald |title=Language and dialect of Himachal Pradesh |url=https://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/35.shradha-shandil-article.pdf?utm_}}</ref> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 172031 | area_code_type = | area_code = | registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#HP.E2.80.94Himachal Pradesh|HP-95]] | website = | iso_code = | footnotes = | official_name = | area_magnitude = }}
'''Kotgarh''' is a town and a sub-tehsil<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehsils {{!}} Shimla District, Government of Himachal Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://hpshimla.nic.in/tehsil/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Kumarsain]] [[Subdivision (India)|subdivision]] of [[Shimla district]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. Formerly under the [[British Raj]], it was the capital of [[Kotkhai]]-Kotgarh [[princely state]], which was later shifted to Kiari in [[Kotkhai]]. Kotgarh was incorporated into [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] in 1815 and later to [[India]] in 1947.
It was in this region, where [[Satyanand Stokes]] planted first American apple tree in India in 1916.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/himachal-farmers-want-stokes-birthday-memorialised-as-apple-day-101629123508883.html|title=Kotgarh "The apple bowl of India"}}</ref> Himachal Pradesh is known as the apple bowl as well as fruit bowl of India, due to its high quality of apple and cherry cultivation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tourism.webindia123.com/tourism/hillstations/Kotgarh/index.htm|title=About Kotgarh}}</ref> [[File:Plate 14. Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur - sunset.jpg|thumb|Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur in 1850]] ==References== <references />
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