Satyananda Stokes

Satyananda Stokes (born Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr., 16 August 1882 – 14 May 1946) was an American who settled in India and participated in the Indian Independence Movement. He read Satyarth Prakash and met Mr. Rulya Ram Arya. After that he changed his name to Satyanand Arya and after sometimes he used his surname Stokes. He is best remembered today for having introduced apple cultivation to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where apples are today the major horticultural export crop.