# Kotgarh

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Town in Himachal Pradesh, India

Kotgarh Town Kotgarh Village Nickname: The Apple Bowl of India Kotgarh Location in Himachal Pradesh, India Show map of Himachal Pradesh Kotgarh Kotgarh (India) Show map of India Coordinates: 31°19′N 77°28′E / 31.31°N 77.47°E / 31.31; 77.47 Country India State Himachal Pradesh District Shimla Tehsil Kumarsain Government • Type Panchayati raj • Body Gram panchayat Elevation 1,888 m (6,194 ft) Population (2011) • Total 608 Languages • Official Hindi • Regional Mahasu Pahari (Shodochi)[1] Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) PIN 172031 Vehicle registration HP-95

**Kotgarh** is a town and a sub-tehsil[2] in [Kumarsain](/source/Kumarsain) [subdivision](/source/Subdivision_(India)) of [Shimla district](/source/Shimla_district) in the [Indian state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) of [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh). Formerly under the [British Raj](/source/British_Raj), it was the capital of [Kotkhai](/source/Kotkhai)-Kotgarh [princely state](/source/Princely_state), which was later shifted to Kiari in [Kotkhai](/source/Kotkhai). Kotgarh was incorporated into [British India](/source/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India) in 1815 and later to [India](/source/India) in 1947.

It was in this region, where [Satyanand Stokes](/source/Satyanand_Stokes) planted first American apple tree in India in 1916.[3] 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.[4]

Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur in 1850

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Language and dialect of Himachal Pradesh"](https://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/35.shradha-shandil-article.pdf?utm_) (PDF). *Literary Herald*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tehsils | Shimla District, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India"](https://hpshimla.nic.in/tehsil/). Retrieved 16 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Kotgarh "The apple bowl of India""](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/himachal-farmers-want-stokes-birthday-memorialised-as-apple-day-101629123508883.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["About Kotgarh"](https://tourism.webindia123.com/tourism/hillstations/Kotgarh/index.htm).

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