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The introduction of the book describes the event at the center of contemporary controversy, which is that the East India Company compelled 10-year-old Duleep Singh, heir to the Sikh Empire, to agree to the 1849 Treaty of Lahore, and its stipulation that he give the Koh-i-Noor to the East India Company. Shortly after the diamond came into the ...
Kohinoor, a 2005 Indian mystery television series, follows a search for the diamond after its supposed return to India. [88] The Koh-i-Noor is a main part of the 2014 Indian film Bang Bang!. [89] Kolkatay Kohinoor, a 2019 mystery thriller film is based on a similar premise and explores the diamond's fictional relations to Kolkata. [90]
The Briolette of India is a colorless diamond (weighing 90.38 carats (18.076 g)) that was found in India. It is cut in a briolette shape, and is a D-coloured (colourless) type IIa diamond . [ 1 ] Its history was thought to date from the 12th century, when it was first acquired by Eleanor of Aquitaine , the Queen consort of King Louis VII of ...
Mehta established his own diamond company in the year 1944, which is known as Beautiful Diamonds, in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India. In 1953, he started his Gembel company in Antwerp , Belgium , followed in 1956 by a Gembel branch in Hong Kong , in 1968 by a Gembel center in Tel Aviv , Israel , and in 1973 by Occidental Gems in Manhattan , US.
The Jacob Diamond, also known as the Imperial or Victoria Diamond, is a colourless diamond from India (or from the Golconda mines) [1] ranked as the fifth-biggest polished diamond in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The last nizam of the Hyderabad State , Mir Osman Ali Khan , found the diamond in the toe of the shoe of his father ( Mahboob Ali Khan ) at ...
Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals is a autobiography of Govind Dholakia, an Indian diamond merchant, written by Arun Tiwari and Kamlesh Yagnik. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Publication
The Golconda diamondiferous region is located in the Southern Indian peninsular shield, [2] which was formed during the process of proterozoic and Insular India. [3] The region is spread over 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), within the sediments of the Krishna-Pennar river basin and Deccan Traps, [2] and contains 120 out of the 150 kimberlite pipes in India. [4]
The Nizam Diamond, also known as the "little Koh-i-Noor", was a famous diamond in the 1800s. Its whereabouts today are unknown. Its whereabouts today are unknown. It was named after its original owner Mir Osman Ali Khan , the last Nizam of Hyderabad .