The Kohinoor diamond sits front and centre in the Queen Mother's crown, but now Twitter users are calling for it to be returned to India. Read more:
A replica of the Kohinoor diamond. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Indian Twitter users have been calling for the return of the original.on 8 September, the term 'Kohinoor' started trending in India.
"The origins of the diamond are kind of shrouded in mystery and we can't be exactly sure when it was first sighted, but we think it dates back to about the 14th century, and was discovered in what is now Andhra Pradesh," Dr Zuvrzycki said. Dr Zuvrzycki says the British acquired the stone in the late 1840s after forcing the 10-year-old Punjab Maharaja Duleep Singh to surrender his state to the British."The Indians claim that it was taken forcibly, whereas the British claim it was compensation given to them and that's really the nub of the controversy over the rightful possession of the diamond; whether it was taken illegally or whether it was given to the British as compensation.
"I think it's natural that with the death of Her Majesty the Queen, there are discussions around how certain things can be picked up and taken up to amend some of the violent damages that were done during the era," she said.
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