Kotla | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 27.9989°N 76.9448°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nuh |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu, Mewati |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
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]