Charos Babajanova
Koh-i-Noor means “mountain light” in Uzbek. Its history dates back to 1300 years. There are various legends about this diamond.
For many years, the Koh-i-Noor adorned the headdresses of the kings of the Malwa state. According to legend, if the diamond ever fell from the turban of the kings, the people of Malwa would become slaves. It was in 1305 that Malwa was conquered by the Delhi Sultan Alauddin, who took the precious stone. Soon after, the diamond was returned to the Malwa state. Its owner was the Raja of Gwalior, Bikram.
In 1526, India was conquered by our great grandfather Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur. Bikram was killed in the Battle of Panipat, and his wife gave the family fortune and the Koh-i-Noor to Babur’s son Humayun. People believed that the diamond would never fall as long as it was in the crown of the Great Babur dynasty.
Historians believe that the rare stone was gifted by Maharaja Ranjit Singh to the British East India Company, which in turn gifted it to Queen Victoria. Thus, the diamond was not a looted item, but a gift to the British.
In late 2015, activists from the All India Front for Human Rights and Social Justice demanded the return of the diamond to India. The application filed by Pakistani lawyer Jawad Iqbal Jafri was rejected by the Lahore court.
The British government has refused to return the precious stone to India. For example, in 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron said, “If you agree once, you will soon see the British Museum empty.”
Charos Babajanova – 4th-year student at Urganch State University.
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