Koh-i-Noor The jewel in the British crown with a murky past (Summery two)

 A unique irreplaceable diamond with a cursed history and since 19th century it's been a part of the British Crown Jewels. Jaswinder a descendant of the Maharaja who owed the diamond is still trying to claim the diamond back throughout the years. Many stories were written about this diamond but the author Edwim W Streeter wrote about the passage of the diamond and what value it has. The author traveled between UK and India to know the bloody cursed history of the diamond since 1304 till 1849. The stone was a war price to the British royalty and it was recutted. Reducing the size of the jewel wasn't an easy job it took 38 days to finish such a job, but in the end it was placed in Crystal palace in London's Hyde Park. The history that was written by Edwin was well-studied that he noted where the jewel started from and who wore it from the British royalty. A text from the 14^th century described who will be allowed to wear the stone “Mr sandhanwalia, who is clearly neither, should perhaps consider this before his claim much further” (Gornall, 2012).

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References

Gornall, J. (2012, September 13). Koh-i-Noor: The jewel in the British crown with a very murky past - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/south-asia/koh-i-noor-the-jewel-in-the-british-crown-with-a-very-murky-past.