Kotla, Nuh Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geonames.org. Kotla. 24 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Kotla, Nuh . Nuh district website . Government of Haryana . 24 January 2021.
  3. Book: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak . Jarrett . Henry Sullivan (translator) . The Ain-i-Akbari . 1891 . Asiatic Society of Bengal . Calcutta . 193 . 24 January 2021.