Kotla is a historic village in

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. Located 7km 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. Kotla is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of

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, producing a revenue of 1,552,196

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s 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

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Villages in Nuh district Mewat Forts in Haryana {{Haryana-geo-stub