![]() "Even if the Koh-i-Noor is never returned, we will always ask for it. ![]() Damandeep Singh Sandhanwalia, one of Duleep Singh's relatives now living in Toronto, is demanding that the Koh-i-Noor be returned to the Sikhs. After her death, there were renewed calls for the jewel's repatriation from several countries who claim ownership, including India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The late Queen Elizabeth II never wore the crown or the diamond. Since then it has been on display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London. The crown made its last public appearance when it was placed atop the coffin of the Queen Mother at her funeral. Over time, the diamond was placed in a crown for Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary and finally Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who wore it during her own coronation when she and her husband King George VI assumed the throne. The diamond was given a European recut, the faceting reducing its impressive size considerably, and fashioned into a brooch for Queen Victoria. A resounding success, the exhibition raised the funds to create the cultural institutions and museums seen all over London today.īut the people who queued for hours to see the famed Koh-i-Noor were disappointed by its lack of sparkle. ![]() Amid great fanfare, the illustrious diamond was taken to England where it was the centrepiece of the Great Exhibition in 1851. Maharaja Duleep, who was still a child, was forced to sign an amendment to the Treaty of Lahore (which had ended the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1846) and give away the Koh-i-Noor. Duration 2:21 The Koh-i-noor diamond belonged by Maharaja Duleep Singh but is now embedded in a royal family crown.Īfter a brutal war with British invaders, the diamond was given to Queen Victoria in 1849.
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