The famous Kohinoor diamond was acquired from Golconda, a kingdom between the Krishna and Godavari rivers famous for premium quality diamonds in ancient India.
Kohindoor diamond was a large stone originally weighing 186 carats. Also, has a pleasing yellowish tinge and excelent clarity as well. The stone changed hands in several times, but it was never sold or bought. Historical happenings of conflict, coencion, deceit, plunder, etc percipitated its movements from one place to another.
It went from Golconda to Malwa. From malwa into the hands of Mughals atDelhi. Nadir Shah of Persia plundered it from the Mughals and took it to Iran only to be lost to the Afghan rulers. Renjith Singh of Punjab got it from the afghans as a reward. He in fact, willed it to be surrendered before the Lord Jagannath at Puri, Orissa. But his son Duleep Singh was obliged to hand it over to queen Victoria at the behest of Lodr Dalhousie in the 1850's.
The stone was cut and trimmed to the present size of 106 carats. Queen Victoria, the then British monarch had mounted Kohinoor on her crown. And a belief spread taht the stone did carry a curse. So, it was earmarked as a stone for the crown to be worn by the King's consort only. At present, Queen Elizabeth doesnot have it on her crown; but it is on gorgeous display in the Tower of London as the crown jewell collection.
Kohindoor diamond was a large stone originally weighing 186 carats. Also, has a pleasing yellowish tinge and excelent clarity as well. The stone changed hands in several times, but it was never sold or bought. Historical happenings of conflict, coencion, deceit, plunder, etc percipitated its movements from one place to another.
It went from Golconda to Malwa. From malwa into the hands of Mughals atDelhi. Nadir Shah of Persia plundered it from the Mughals and took it to Iran only to be lost to the Afghan rulers. Renjith Singh of Punjab got it from the afghans as a reward. He in fact, willed it to be surrendered before the Lord Jagannath at Puri, Orissa. But his son Duleep Singh was obliged to hand it over to queen Victoria at the behest of Lodr Dalhousie in the 1850's.
The stone was cut and trimmed to the present size of 106 carats. Queen Victoria, the then British monarch had mounted Kohinoor on her crown. And a belief spread taht the stone did carry a curse. So, it was earmarked as a stone for the crown to be worn by the King's consort only. At present, Queen Elizabeth doesnot have it on her crown; but it is on gorgeous display in the Tower of London as the crown jewell collection.
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