Kotgarh

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Kotgarh कोटगढ़
Village
Kotgarh Village
Kotgarh Location in Himachal Pradesh, India Kotgarh Kotgarh (India) Show map of Himachal PradeshShow map of IndiaShow all
Coordinates: 31°19′N 77°28′E / 31.31°N 77.47°E / 31.31; 77.47Coordinates: 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
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	172031
Vehicle registration	HP-95

Kotgarh is a village in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly 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 village, where Satyananda Stokes, planted first American apple tree in India in 1916. Kotgarh is known as apple bowl of India and the area is one of the wealthiest in Himachal Pradesh due to its high quality of apple and cherry cultivation.^[1]

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