Kotgarh

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′N77°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
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	172031
Vehicle registration	HP-95

Kotgarh is a town and a sub-tehsil ^[1] in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the 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 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur in 1850

References

1. "Tehsils | Shimla District, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India" . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
2. "Kotgarh "The apple bowl of India"".
3. "About Kotgarh".