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Kotla, Nuh

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Kotla
Town
Kotla is located in Haryana
Kotla
Kotla
Kotla is located in India
Kotla
Kotla
Coordinates: 27°59′56″N 76°56′41″E / 27.99894°N 76.94483°E / 27.99894; 76.94483[1]
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictNuh
Elevation200 m (700 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
 • SpokenUrdu, Mewati
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Kotla is a historic village in Nuh district of Haryana, India. Located 7 km south of Nuh city in the scenic Aravalli Hills, Kotla was a stronghold of the Khanzadas of Mewat and seat of power of the Khanzada ruler Bahadur Nahar Khan. Its historical importance came from its strategic position: in a narrow valley with only one pass, and protected on the east by the large Dahar lake, when the lake was filled with water, the only way in was through a narrow strip of land between the lake and the hills.[2]

Kotla is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of Tijara, producing a revenue of 1,552,196 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 700 infantry and 30 cavalry. It appears with the note "Has a brick fort on a hill on which there is a reservoir 4 kos in circumference."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Geonames.org. Kotla". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Kotla, Nuh". Nuh district website. Government of Haryana. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; Jarrett, Henry Sullivan (translator) (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 193. Retrieved 24 January 2021. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)