Are we Indians taking steps to get back the prestigious Kohinoor diamond embedded in the British crown?

The above said diamond is a property of India. We should try to get back that priceless piece as we are not holding any such thing belonging to other countries.|||No, it is not Indian property.



It is sometimes claimed that it was the property of the Sikh nation. This is untrue. It was the property of A Sikh - Ranjit Singh - and briefly the property of his alleged son Daleep (his paternity was doubtful to say the least).



The diamond was handed over to the Britsh as part of the treaty that ended the First Sikh War - one of the few wars in India that the British neither started nor provoked.



And where did Ranjit get it? From Afghanistan. He intervened in the civil war in that country as three brothers contended for the throne. As part of his "rightful" share of the booty, he seized the Koh-i-noor by force.



So - if the British seizure of the Koh-i-noor is invalid as if formed part of the spoils of war, so the Sikh claim is also invalid FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASON.



So; the diamond rightly belongs to the Afghans? Well, no. It had been there three generations, but was stolen from Persia by a man who set himself up as King of the Afghans.



So; it belongs in Persia? Well, no. Before then it had been in the Deccan.



The Koh-i-noor has a long and bloody history. It was seized by Babur the Mongol after the battle of Panipat in 1527. Before that it was seized by Aladdin when he overthrew the Rajah of Malwah in 1304. Yes, I did say Aladdin - though more properly his name was Allah-ud-din.



And so on.



Admittedly it was mined in the Golconda: but then there's been a lot of gold mined in South Africa and it doesn't all belong there.



For the last hundred and fifty years the Koh-i-noor has been in London. In that time no blood has been spilled over it, and it has been available for anyone who wishes to see it.



Let it stay where it is.|||First let me say that Britain thinks it still owns the world because of some divine right of empire even though their empire now is about the size of my desk. Anyways despite this they still have that arrogant colonial attitude and therefore won't ever think of giving anything back that they stole from all their colonies worldwide.


Secondly, there's a problem with returning this artifact to India, we don't seem to want to accept our own stuff back. When Vijay Mallya tried returning with Tipu Sultan's Sword/Dagger, he had to pay something like 3 times its value in duties and taxes to bring it home. The sad truth is our politicians are not bothered about something like national pride or prestige unless they can make a buck out of it.|||If that's the case, native Americans are owed something fierce. How about all the diamonds stolen from south africa?|||Do they ever give back something|||We most certainly are.|||no