Britain’s royal family has acknowledged that the Kohinoor diamond was taken from India by the East India Company. Maharaja Dilip Singh was forced to surrender it. An exhibition of the Royal Jewels has been set up in the Tower of London in Britain. It states that under the Lahore Treaty, a condition was placed before Dilip Singh to hand over the Kohinoor.
This text has been written in the exhibition after the approval of the Royal Collection Trust of Buckingham Palace. In fact, for the first time, many precious diamonds and jewels including Kohinoor have been included in the exhibition of the Tower of London.
A film on Kohinoor has also been shown at the Crown Jewels Exhibition. In this, its entire history is shown through a graphic map. It states that the diamond is claimed to be extracted from the mines of Golconda. After this, Maharaja Dilip Singh is seen handing it over to the East India Company in a picture.
The Kohinoor studded crown was first worn by the Queen Mother of Britain. After this, the crown was given to Queen Elizabeth. In addition to the Kohinoor, the Taj is studded with many precious stones, including the Great Star of Africa, Africa’s most valuable diamond.
Its value has been estimated at around $400 million. India has expressed its legal rights over the Kohinoor diamond in front of Britain many times.