Some interesting facts about Kohinoor
Every time Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi makes a trip to the United Kingdom, back home people are curious to know if he would ask the British royal family to return the Kohinoor. Although the Government of India has told the Supreme Court that it cannot force the Britishers to return the legendary jewel to India since it was neither stolen nor forcibly taken away but gifted to them, Indians do no give up the hope to see it back in India. And the funniest part of the whole Kohinoor saga is that Pakistan too has asked for the possession of the precious stone . But did they even exist when the Britishers acquired it from India? Now that you have somehow controlled your laughter over Pakistan's claim, read on some interesting trivia about this famous jewel . #1 Literally meaning mountain of lights, Kohinoor was mined from the Golconda region of Andhra Pradesh during the Kakatiya dynasty. #2 After the subjugation of Punjab in the Second Sikh War in 1849, the last ...