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The news that India is trying to recover the Cochinur diamond is currently going viral on social media. The recent reign of Queen Elizabeth II is well known. After her death, her body was buried next to her husband Philip’s in Windsor. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many world leaders including the President of India Draupadi Murmu paid their respects. Also, the crown worn by Queen Elizabeth II has a Kohinoor diamond belonging to India.
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Now they have requested to bring it back to India. The Cochinur diamond is said to be worth around 400 million Euros today. 3189 crores 83 lakh rupees in Indian value. In this case, here we will see the history that not many people know about the Kohinoor diamond. This Kohinoor diamond was found in the Kollur diamond mine in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Weighing 793 carats, this diamond was the largest diamond in the world at the time.
The diamond has changed hands between many Muslim, Sikh and British monarchs over the past 700 years. The diamond is now kept in the Tower of London. Historians say that it was first owned by the Kakatiya dynasty in the 13th century. 5000 years ago the Kohinoor diamond was referred to as ‘Syamantaka Gem’ in Sanskrit texts.
Over the centuries, the diamond changed hands among Muslim kings like Alauddin Khilji, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Ibrahim Lodi, Mohammad Shah and Nadir Shah. Persian King Nadir Shah named this diamond as Light of the Mountain in Persian. The final shape of this diamond, which has been designed with this in mind, is 103 carats and weighs 37 grams.
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In 1849, the British East India Company sent troops to take over the kingdom of Punjab. The British soldiers who had defeated the Sikh king who had ruled Punjab until then had captured the Cochinur diamond from the Punjab government and handed it over to Queen Victoria as per the agreement. From that time till now it has been placed in the Crown Jewels of the British Government Family.
The British East India Company, which came to buy and sell our traditional spicy spices found in excess in India, has finally looted many of our traditional symbols such as Mayilasanam and Cochinur Diamond. Now the demand for India to recover the Cochinur diamond is increasing.
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