Koh-i-Noor diamond News
The RSS has strongly contradicted Centre's stand on priceless 'Koh-i-Noor' diamond that was ''neither stolen, nor forcibly taken but gifted to the Britishers'' by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Koh-i-Noor diamond was neither "forcibly taken" nor "stolen" by British rulers but given to the East India Company by the rulers of Punjab.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth-II cannot be made a respondent in Pakistan's bid to bring back the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond, a provincial official told a top court here.
As per Wikipedia, the Koh-i-Noor diamond was found at Kollur Mine, currently in Andhra Pradesh, likely in the 13th century.
A Pakistani court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by a barrister seeking direction to the government to bring back the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond, which India has been trying to get from the UK for years, terming the plea as non-maintainable.
A group of Indians are attempting to mount a legal bid to force Britain to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond from the crown jewels to India.
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