Kumarsain | |
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Town | |
      Clockwise from top: View of Kumarsain town from a nearby village, St. Mary's Church at Kotgarh village, View of Dhauladhar mountain range from Kumarsain, Koteshwar Mahadev Temple at Mandholi village, A meadow on the way to Derthu Mata Temple, Tani Jubbar Lake | |
  Kumarsain Location in Himachal Pradesh, India  Kumarsain Kumarsain (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°19′05″N 77°26′46″E / 31.318145°N 77.446189°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Shimla |
| Elevation | 1,675 m (5,495 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,461 |
| • Density | 2,711/km2 (7,020/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 172029 |
| Vehicle registration | HP-95 |
Kumarsain (English: /kumærsæɪn/; Hindi: [kʊmaɾsain] ), also known as Kumharsain, is a town in Shimla District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly under the British Raj, it was the capital of princely state of Kumharsain, which was one of the several states of the Punjab States Agency.[1] It is about 80 km from Shimla and famous for apple and cherry orchards.[2]
Kumarsain was founded in the 11th century A.D. as the capital of Kumharsain State. It was occupied by Nepal from 1803 to 1816, and by British India from 1839 to 1840.[3] Kumarsain lies 1 km beside National Highway 5 from Bharara village, which is 20 km from Narkanda towards Rampur Bushahr.
- ^ Hutchison, John; Vogel, Jean Philippe (1994). John Hutchison and JP Vogel, History of Punjab Hill States Lahore 1933. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120609426.
- ^ "Apple and Cherry cultivation in Himachal Pradesh".
- ^ "Indian states before 1947 K-W". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 25 August 2019.