As soon as the name of Kohinoor diamond comes, people start regretting the fact that this precious diamond was from India, which is now in England. Kohinoor has its own history, whose journey is quite long. Its story is not only about the transition from India to the crown of the Queen of England at the hands of the British. This diamond passed through the hands of many owners and reached Britain. However, very few people will be aware of these facts.
The interesting thing is that it was never sold or bought by anyone. This diamond has either been gifted to someone from time to time or has been won in some war. You must have heard and read a lot about Kohinoor diamond from history and news. Have you wondered who its real owner was? Let us know those things about this historical diamond, which very few people would know.
Where and who got ‘Kohinoor’ for the first time?
The Kohinoor diamond was not found anywhere else but in India. This Noorani diamond was found in the Golconda mine in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh about 800 years ago. The weight of this unique diamond was 186 carats. However, this diamond was cut many times and its weight also reduced. Despite this, even today Kohinoor is considered to be the largest cut diamond in the world. The first owners of Kohinoor, found at a depth of just 13 feet from the ground, were the Kakatiya dynasty. This dynasty had placed this precious diamond in the left eye of its family goddess Bhadrakali.
How many hands did it go into, where did it reach?
In the 14th century, Alauddin Khilji looted this diamond from Kakatiyas. In the battle of Panipat, Mughal ruler Babar won Agra and Delhi forts and also captured this diamond. This diamond then became the right of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah, when he defeated the Mughals in 1738 and snatched the diamond from Ahmed Shah and took it away with him. Nadir Shah had also snatched the Peacock Throne and had the diamond embedded in it. Nadir Shah also gave the name Kohinoor to this diamond, which means mountain of light. When Nadir Shah’s grandson Shahrukh Mirza received the diamond after his assassination, he handed over Kohinoor as a gift to Afghan ruler Ahmed Shah Durrani. However, in 1813, Maharaja Ranjit Singh took the diamond from Soja Shah and returned it to India.
This is how it reached the British
In 1849, a second war took place between the Sikhs and the British. The rule of the Sikhs ended in this battle. The British handed over all the property of Maharaja Gulab Singh along with Kohinoor to Queen Victoria in Britain. It first arrived at Buckingham Palace in 1850 and was carved by the Dutch firm Koster and placed in the Queen’s crown. Pakistan and Afghanistan have also been claiming Kohinoor. At present this diamond is in London and efforts are on from the Indian side to bring it back.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 2, 2025, 08:41 IST
