Britain Queen Crown Kohinoor Story: When the precious diamonds are mentioned, the first name of Kohinoor comes. This precious diamond has never been sold or bought from its history to the present. It has been won from one king to another or it has been given as a gift.
Kohinoor Story: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II breathed her
last in this world on 8 September 2022 at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth II has
led Britain's royal family since the age of 25. After his death, now once again
Kohinoor Diamond is in the headlines. Since childhood, we all have read and
heard about Kohinoor in tales, stories and school books. Whenever Precious
Diamonds is mentioned, the first name that comes to mind is Kohinoor.
The more beautiful this diamond is, the more interesting its
story is. Today we will talk about the journey of Kohinoor diamond from India
to Britain. When it comes to Kohinoor, only one question arises in everyone's
mind that how this precious diamond Kohinoor from India reached the crown of
the Queen of Britain. Know the story of the Kohinoor diamond which belongs to
India.
The story
of India's prized Kohinoor
The story of the Kohinoor begins about 800 years ago today,
the diamond which Britain is not ready to return to India. It was found in the
mines of Golconda located in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. One of the
largest diamonds in the world, Kohinoor means the mountain of light. By the
way, the mines of Golconda have a long relationship with the precious diamonds.
If said, it also goes to the river Noor in this mine. Noor-un-Ain, Great
Mughal, Orlov Agra Diamond, Ahmedabad Diamond and Broly of India which have got
many diamonds. It is said that it is also difficult to put a price on them.
Once used
to be the world's largest diamond
The actual diamond Kohinoor is said to be of 793 carats. In
today's time it has been reduced to 105.6 carats, which weighs 21.6 grams. At
one time it was considered the largest diamond in the world. One of the most
interesting things related to this is that this precious diamond has never been
sold or bought from its entire history to the present. It has been won from one
king to another or it has been given as a gift.
Such is the
history of Kohinoor
Whoever sees this beautiful and precious diamond, his heart
falls on it, only then because of this diamond, the sultanate of many emperors
was ruined. On the basis of belief, this diamond is said to be cursed. The talk
of its being cursed has been going on since the 13th century. It must have also
been called cursed because if we look at history, then many kings have lost
their lives behind the brilliance of this diamond.
Kohinoor
reached many rulers
This diamond was first mentioned in 1304. It used to be
included in the property of Mahlak Dev, the ruler of Malwa. After this this
diamond was mentioned in Baburnama, according to which the diamond was with
Raja Brikramjit Singh of Gwalior. During the battle of Panipat, he had kept
this diamond along with all his property in the fort of Agra. After winning
this war, Babur took his fort and this 146-carat diamond became Babur's. Whose
name was changed to Babur.
In 1738, the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah was successful in
robbing this precious diamond present with the Mughals. He had taken it with
him. Nadir Shah was assassinated in 1747, after which Nadir Shah's grandson
Shahrukh Mirza took control over it. It is said that Nadir Shah's general Ahmed
Shah Abdali had helped his grandson Shahrukh Mirza a lot, due to which Kohinoor
was given to him as a gift.
India
reached again like this
General Abdali took it with him and went to Afghanistan
where it remained with Abdali's descendants for years. When Shuja Shah, a
descendant of Abdali, reached Lahore. At that time there was the rule of the
Sikh king of Punjab, Maharana Ranjit Singh. In the year 1813, Maharaja Ranjit
Singh managed to get this diamond from Shuja Shah. This was the journey of
Kohinoor till here. After this, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who remained in Kohinoor
India, had decorated it in his crown, after his death, the diamond was handed
over to his son Dilip Singh in 1839.
Kohinoor's
journey from India to Britain
On 29 March 1849, the British East India Company captured
Punjab and with this the Company's dominance over the Sikh Empire was
established. In such a situation, how long could the world's most famous and
prized diamond be saved from the eyes of the East India Company. In this way
the Kohinoor Company got it, currently the Kohinoor diamond is with the British
royal family.
It is said that 1 year after its capture, that is, in 1850,
it was presented to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. Dutch firm Coast,
known for adorning the Queen's crown, shaped it for 38 days, after which it was
reduced to 108.93 carats.
This
attempt to get back Kohinoor also failed
After independence, in the year 1953, India had demanded the
return of the Kohinoor diamond from Britain, but it got no hope. However, the
Indian government continued its efforts. At the same time, Britain argues about
the Kohinoor diamond that India has no legal right to demand the Kohinoor back,
because the 13-year-old ruler of contemporary Punjab, Dilip Singh, gave this
diamond as a gift to the East India Company. At the same time, apart from
India, Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto also demanded the return
of Kohinoor in the year 1976. He also got no reply from England.
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