Kotgarh is a village 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.

It was in this village, where Satyanand Stokes planted first American apple tree in India in 1916.

[2] Kotgarh is known as the apple bowl of India, due to its high quality of apple and cherry cultivation.

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