There was a time when India was called the golden bird. There was so much gold here that even after the immense loot of the Mughals and the British, there is so much gold in the country that if it is collected, a whole mountain of gold would stand up. However, today we are not talking about gold, but about such a diamond, which came out of the Indian mine, but today it is owned by the Royal Family of Qatar. This blue colored diamond is set in a ring and the price of that ring is 80 million dollars, that is, according to today’s Indian rupee, it is around 657 crore 86 lakh 80 thousand. The world knows this ring by the name of Wittelsbach Graf Diamond Ring.
Who has this ring
This magnificent ring is currently owned by the Royal Family of Qatar. is near. However, earlier it was with Lawrence Graf of Britain. For the first time this diamond was seen in the market in Austrian and Bavarian Crown Jewelery market. After this, in the year 2008, a London-based jeweler Lawrence Graff bought this diamond for $ 2.34 crore, which is about Rs 152 crore at that time.
After buying it, Lawrence Graf trimmed the diamond and prepared it anew, reducing about 4.5 carats of diamond from it. With this finishing this diamond ring became more beautiful and its value increased manifold. After this, in the year 2011, the Royal Family of Qatar bought this diamond ring for 80 million dollars i.e. 520 crores according to that time. However, according to today’s price of 8 crore dollars is 657 crore 86 lakh 80 thousand in Indian rupees.
Where did this diamond come from
This The diamond originally came from the Kollur mine in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. This diamond remained with the Indian kings for a long time, but when the British plundered India, they looted it too. The only written record of the diamond ring is that it was given by King Philip IV of Spain to his daughter Margaret as a wedding present in 1664.
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